News about OFS
It’s two weeks before Christmas, you haven’t found a gift for that special somebody, and you’re starting to get panicky. Never fear! Osborn Fiber is here, with some delightful hand-knit items for sale. I have things back from Sweetwater that didn’t sell, and while I’ve set a few things aside to be Christmas gifts, I’d … More Last Minute Christmas Shopping?
Added this edit to the post below, but it deserved its own little note in case anyone misses it. I just found out that my rejection letter from the arts center was a MISTAKE. Good grief! Well that’s comforting. Everyone who’s requested things from me already, THANK YOU, and the items are yours (unless you … More Evaporating Lemons?
Making Lemonade EDIT EDIT EDIT – I just found out that my rejection letter from the arts center was a MISTAKE. Good grief! Well that’s comforting. Everyone who’s requested things from me already, THANK YOU, and the items are yours (unless you change your mind, which is fine). Everything else is off the market for … More Making Lemonade
Edit: my titles seem to be breaky right now, but the title of this post is supposed to be: New Colors of Kirby Woolpaca for Winter 2012 Are you deep into your Christmas knitting yet? Thinking about what you’d like to knit for yourself? Well Mom has been thinking of you too. She’s perfected four new … More New Colors of Kirby Woolpaca for Winter 2012
This is a cool thing that is going to happen soon: I will be teaching an all-day class at Old Economy Village on knitting and spinning. What is the deal: We will meet from 10-4 on Saturday, November 10th, at Old Economy Village. About half the day will be spent learning basic spinning on a … More Learn to Knit & Spin at Old Economy Village – with Yours Truly
The difference between 12 weeks, 14 weeks, 18 weeks, And 21 weeks, Is pretty darn significant. I might even say “sizeable.” The first three months of pregnancy are so incredibly anxious, quiet, and slow, that I never imagined how fast the remainder would go. Yes, I’m told this is going to be what the rest … More Ruffles
Early Wednesday morning, I packed two new knitting projects. One was a super-simple, interminable project selected for a hospital stay. The other was a baby sweater. I wound the skeins on the way to the hospital. I would cast one of them on after a procedure that would occur at 8:45 a.m. On the way … More Meet Cyril(la)
My mom has a thing about color: she loves it. Has to have it. Many of them, preferably at the same time. (You can imagine how much I understand now that she loves me, since when she first asked if I wanted a sweater, the only one I wanted was a pitch black sweater with … More Send Color Revival
So now that it’s Easter season, I finally feel released to start some shameless and passionate advertising for the: Pentecost Shawl Mystery Knit-Along! Mystery Knit-Alongs are more or less the most fun thing ever. The way it works is that you sign up to knit a pattern that sounds interesting, but that no one has … More Swatchfest 2012
Some patterns just… happen, nearly of their own accord. This one was truly the lovechild of necessity and laziness. Navarre Beach is a beautiful place – but it’s very windy. My haircut is that sort of reverse-mullet, short in back and long in front, which made it nearly impossible for me to read on the … More The Progenitors of Invention
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