April is usually a bit of a headache, since four out of five household birthdays are in April. In that way, this year’s silver lining is that the pressure was off. I made nice desserts and favorite dinners for everyone, and I’d really already had my birthday treats in Vancouver. I wonder, when all this … More April Roundup 2020: Quiet Birthdays
Sometimes you get on a roll. Sometimes that roll involves a literal rolling motion. That is what has been happening in this house. It started with my finished Icelandic lopi-style spin. It felt so good to get that spin done – especially since it went so quickly, after sitting around for so long! After my … More Carding Party
Yesterday I shared my prep for a new sock spin: two color explorations of an analogous blue-green braid of Targhee from Craftyjaks. The awesome thing about a spin like this, where I’m experimenting in more than one way, is that it chunks the spin into manageable, exciting pieces. Even spinning quite fine (for me), I … More Ten Day Sock Spin: Spin
One of the (few) disappointments of my trip to Vancouver was that, with the cancellation of Fibres West, I missed out on a class I had signed up for. Rachel was going to do an all-day workshop on her and Katrina’s book, Unbraided: The Art and Science of Spinning Colour, which is all about managing … More Ten-Day Sock Spin: Prep
This post is part of a spin-along through 51 Yarns by Jacey Boggs Faulkner, in the Wool n’ Spinning community. For other posts in this series, check here. I spun these yarns way back at the beginning of April, but it took the rest of the month for me to get around to swatching them! … More 30 and 31 of 51 Yarns: S to Z and Back
I’m behind on blog entries, because for the last couple of weeks, I’ve been too preoccupied with actually spinning to bother writing about it! Not at all a bad problem to have. When I finished knitting up the socks I spun for in February/March, I was so jazzed about them that I wanted to start … More Icelandic Sweater Spin
Easter Vigil looks a little different for us tonight, like so many things. This is what our Good Friday service looked like, and our Easter morning service will look pretty similar. I’ve been asking myself, how are we going to celebrate this Easter? In the previous few weeks, I’ve wondered, how can we observe our … More Keeping Vigil
A blessed Good Friday to you all, friends. This is not a liturgically thematic post, but if you’re looking for some Good Friday content, Jared and I livestreamed a Good Friday service this morning. You can watch the replay on our church’s facebook page. Have you ever tried to take attractive pictures of your own … More Sibling Socks in All the Stripes
I’ve been reading and listening to Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility as part of an online book club with some of my Wool n’ Spinning friends. What began as something to do and a way to connect while we’re all stuck at home has become a catalyst for a good deal of personal reflection. If … More Austin and Haircuts and Lamentations
Just a brief reminder that today is the official start of the Made With Love Along! I described the make along here, and you can participate in this Ravelry thread. I’ve had my yarn caked up for over a week, but I’ve held myself back from starting until today. I cast it on during today’s … More No Foolin’, Just Lovin’
