We’re now safely home in Rankin Inlet. The trip that took up the last month of our lives was so intense from day to day that it was all I could do to keep a bullet-point record in my journal of what we did, and snap lots of pictures. I’d like to spend the next … More RV’22.1: Hitting the Road
Today we became Canadians. We’ve been on our trip to and through the Canadian Rockies for three weeks now. I’ve been knitting socks and taking pictures and notes, and I’ll tell you all about it soon enough. But today I had to stop and share this important news. We submitted our application to become citizens … More Fresh Canadian
Here I am, just a couple of nights before (Lord willing) leaving on vacation. Bags are packed, boxes are ticked, final lists made. On the list is to share with you this last spin before we leave. The Breed and Color Study, this time around, included both carded and combed-top prep. To my surprise, I … More SCS+BCS: Carded Blended Gradients
Like it always is, April was a blur. Made more so because of course I have to make cakes for everyone. It all started with MiniMighty’s Minion cake (made in March, but served in April)March 2022 Round-Up: Recovery: I made my first cupcake cake for our church’s Easter feast: Which was followed a few days later … More April 2022 Round-Up: Birthday Insanity
The cake-making spree that was April capped off with a birthday cake for Jared. Basically, we wanted to have a big meeting, and it happened to be the day after his birthday at church, so… maybe I included a picture of the cake in the announcement for the meeting… So, this cake! My starting point … More Oreo Chocolate Cake
The kids and I watch a lot of cake videos. And ever since Dooner saw this one, she had her heart set on a “rainbow shapes” cake for her birthday. Here’s my scaled-down version: The final product is petite, but it was a full effort. I bought the fancy circular cutter set, and the fancy … More Rainbow Cake!
Happy Easter everyone! It’s Easter Monday, and I’m sacked out on the couch after spending most of the day having a great visit with neighbor kids. Our bodies are recovering from that last push of lots of Easter services, and adjusting to having sugar in our diets again. In between the necessary things, I found … More A Little Easter Fun
Yeah, so I’m kind of dipping from a lot of studies right now. I realized when trying to come up with a concise title for this post that this is ticking a lot of boxes! I’m studying spinning for socks, color handling, and the current Wool n’ Spinning color study. This is totally fine, but … More SCS+BCS: Carded Cables
I hope you like these colors, guys! Because you’re going to see them a few times in the weeks that follow. This is the Wool n’ Spinning Breed and Color Study fiber, dyed and carded by Katrina at CraftyJaks. This is kind of a big deal, because (a) she did both a carded and a … More Breed & Color Study: Radnor Sampling
Since I started spinning sock yarns, way back two years ago when I had my first really successful, really fast sock spin, I started saving pieces of each braid. I would unbraid, strip off about 1 oz, and set it aside with a label. I did this because 4 oz of fiber made frankly too … More SCS: Combo Spin 1
Osborn Fiber Studio 