I am in between spins at the moment- I just finished something you’ll hear about soon, but right now  my bobbins are clear. It was an opportune moment to pull out a big braid I’ve had for a while and do some sampling.  This is 8 oz. (actually 7.3) of 50/50 Merino/Yak, from Blue Moon … More Delicious Indecision

This has been the year of Totoro in our house.  I knew I liked Miyazaki and that Ny Neighbor Totoro was kid friendly, having watched it in the dim past. But nothing prepared me for the experience of watching it with two little girls of my own. We received a copy as a Christmas gift, … More Totoro and Tinies

I have a problem with my stash. I don’t like having one. I don’t judge anyone who has one, I just dislike having one myself.  It’s so much fun to buy things, and the world of making is full of opportunities to buy things. It’s so easy to confuse the joy of making with the … More Stashdown 2017

Sometimes a project just takes hold of you. It consumes your imagination and doesn’t let go of you until you’ve discovered what it is, what it wants to be. It takes up brain space and heart space, and you have to remind yourself to do things like cook food and go to work. That happened … More Creation Creating

I think it was Anne Kennedy who said, in a podcast or something, that “struggle is the Christian world for failure.” I don’t know if she meant that in a negative sense, like it’s the Christianese word, but I’ve found this thought comforting in these past few weeks. I think, “I’m failing at this,” then … More Struggle

It’s Ash Wednesday today, but I’m writing this on Shrove Tuesday, for reasons you will soon see. I don’t know about you, but I’ve become very curved in on myself this winter. I’ve become very focused on myself and my personal pursuits, often to the detriment of attention that my family or others need or … More Stepping Back

It’s Shrove Tuesday today. We’re making pancakes for dinner, and thinking about what we should give up for Lent. There’s a sense of completion, in finishing a few things right before starting a new season. Punis are done, and I took a few glamour shots of them the other day. The color of pancake batter … More Punis and Pancakes

Next time I get some exciting idea for a knitting project that requires a bunch of finishing involving extra fabric and sewing machine etc., just say two words: “laptop bag”. That should get me to back away slowly.  The knitted bag pictured above is adapted from an Interweave Knits pattern called Grace’s Bag; knitting described here. … More Bag in the Bag

It turns out, being well enough to sit upright at a wheel does not by itself provide time to spin. Somehow, between yesterday and today I snuck away for long enough to finish spinning the punis and ply them.  These proved an interesting puzzle to spin, because I don’t know exactly what’s in them. The … More Second Guessing the Third Ply

A day off wool blogging because this little looney toon turns 4 today.  That’s right, 4! My wiggly snuggler is a kid. It’s not so much that the time has flown as that I’m shocked the time passed at all! But here she is, and I enjoy her more every day, and the person she’s … More N=4