This post was meant to publish on January 2nd! I don’t know why, but this is the second time I had thought I posted it and came back later to find it in my drafts folder. Oh well, better late than never! I’ve been writing through the last several turnings of the year, reflecting and … More Looking Ahead to 2024
Here it is, already the last day of January! I have been hard at work, but… mostly with stuff I can’t show you. It’s been a massive month of finishing and testing new designs, and working ahead on cool stuff for the Wool Circle. The Wool Circle episodes, if you’re interested, were an initial discussion … More January 2024 Round-Up – Busy with Secrets
EDIT: I have enough testers now! Thank you to everyone who offered! Hello friends. My Super Secret Project is coming to a turning point, and I’m ready to ask pattern testers to help me out. I have ten patterns that need testing, all small. There are two SETS of accessories – meaning I’m looking for … More Call for Testers! Accessory Time
Happy New Year everyone! It’s the first day of a new year, but I’m not quite done looking back yet. You’ve maybe heard of a “Make 9” – an Instagram grid of 9 projects that you plan to make. I didn’t make one of those last year. But looking backwards instead of forwards, I decided … More Made 9 2023
For two years in a row now, I have come to write a reflection piece at the end of the year, and when looking at my intentions post from the beginning of the year, it seems like I was writing from another country. I wrote a learning plan for 2023, and wow, you guys. I … More 2023 by January’s Standards
I had one (1) goal for December this year: Keep Christmas simple enough that I could actually enjoy it. For me, I succeeded. There was stress, there was yelling, but much less than usual. There were coping mechanisms, there were screens, but there was not as much angst about it. We prepared the way for … More December 2023 Round-Up: Christmas Blast
After yesterday’s one-week impulse project, the other finished project I have to share with you was a long-term project! Very long-term, as it turns out. The story of this item begins in 2010, when I was working for a yarn shop in Maryland called Cloverhill Yarns. The shop had a prime booth at the Maryland … More Attuned
Merry Christmas, dear friends! I feel like I’ve been in a haze of work and anticipation since… August maybe. It hasn’t been bad, it’s just been a lot. Fall and early winter is a juggernaut of family, work, and community events that builds and builds until Christmas day pops the balloon. Boxing day felt like … More The Catching Up Coat
I keep expecting some part of this fall to drag, and it keeps not happening. I can’t believe it’s December already. It honestly doesn’t feel like much of anything is happening all month; I stay at home most of the time and the days start to blur together. So let me take a moment to … More November 2023 Round-Up: Suddenly Winter
This is an addendum to all the posts from this summer – I have finally finished knitting all the dye samples into hexies. The best way to learn about your handspun is always by using it, so this is the real completion of the dyeing experiments. Rather than amend those colourway posts, I’m going to … More Dyeapalooza: Dye Sample Hexies
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