Techniques, and working with naturally dyed fiber
For some reason, I keep telling myself that I like finishing. “Weaving in ends is satisfying!” I say to customers, colleagues, students and friends, with a genuine and optimistic smile. “After working so hard on something, weaving in the ends just right is really a treat, and blocking evens out your stitches so nicely and … More Cowl Town
Last fall I had read that mulberries were supposed to make a “royal purple” color, and so with much anticipation, I waited for the 4 mulberry trees on our property to produce their fruit. When finally they popped, it wasn’t great timing for me…..we were about to go on a cruise, and then I had … More Mom dyes with mulberries
Finally! I know it has been an interminably long wait, but at long last the OFS yarn store is back online. The yarn has been re-acquired, inventoried, re-inventoried, and the pages have been updated, spruced up, and double checked. Almost nothing sold out at Sheep & Wool, so you have a full selection at your … More New yarn, Sale yarn, Custom yarn
The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, In all its insanity and majesty and incredible sensory overload, was this past weekend. I have survived those days – the frantic impulse shopping, getting over the heartburn of self-doubt and fear of buyer’s remorse, having eaten nothing but fried potato products all day until about 7 p.m., sunburn … More All’s Fair in Sheep and Wool
I guess I must not be challenging myself very much if I finished April/May’s socks on May 3rd. But I’m sticking with my previous line – I really don’t need any extra commitment at this moment, so I’m not going to push it. The reason I blasted through these socks is that I’ve bee practicing … More Flaming Yarn
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you strange.” – Phil Harrold, att. Leander Harding, att. Flannery O’Connor. Knitting again has been… strange. The “normal” people who surround me interpret my relationship with knitting as somewhere in between an obsession and a lifestyle choice, and I’m not even sure where I’d categorize … More Strangeness
If you haven’t figured it out yet (from my repeating it incessantly), the MD Sheep & Wool festival is a huge opportunity for mum & me at OFS. Thus, it seemed only right and proper to celebrate with a couple of new patterns, which are debuting this week in honor of Sheep & Wool. If … More Little Hat & Long Sweater
We did it! It’s done! Everything that Mom & I promised for sheep & wool is dyed, reskeined, labeled, designed, tested, edited, printed, and packaged. Today mom drops the whole mess off at Cloverhill, and it’s off my shoulders for one lovely week. (The bad news is that I am now out of excuses for … More Coming at MD Sheep & Wool
Just a quick note to say that I am not completely snowed under, but I’m pretty close. God gave me a couple of precious verses on Tuesday that I am clinging to: “When I thought, ‘My foot slips,’ your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your … More Crazy Sauce
A huge thanks to our writers for this week: Meg, Mike, & Jared poured their hearts into those meditations on Christ for this week. It seems a bit like conversational whiplash to go from their essays more talk about yarn, but I have an update or two that will wait no longer. You haven’t heard … More Mum’s Box of Candies
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