Sometimes life goes according to plan, and sometimes you take left turns. Our month of June was supposed to be about finishing school, cabin visits, time with kids, and finishing my book. And it was that, for a couple weeks! Then the unexpected happened. Well, not so unexpected. We desperately wanted to get out to … More June 2025 Round-Up: Minis and Left Turns
As expected and as usual, April was an absolute whirlwind. I’ll give you a wee taster. We celebrated four birthdays. Minimighty’s (massive Hogwarts-themed spread!): Mine (lemon cake for church): Dooner’s (Barbie themed party and cake she largely made herself): and Jared’s (angel food cake): There was much cake. As the weather warms up mid-April, the … More April 2025 Round-Up: Party Party Time
As some of you might remember, a couple years ago I completed a collection of handspun, hand-knit socks, and put them through systematic wear to figure out which fibers and structures worked best for me. See the socks here, and the conclusions here. I’m pleased to announce that over the last six months, I have … More Socks for Science: Cohort 2
This January has Januaried really hard. It’s been routinely -35, and between kids staying home from school for Reasons and the heat being broken in the car for a week, I haven’t been outside much. I’ve tried to keep expectations low and compassion high, and that has mostly worked. In our own tired way, we’re … More January 2025 Roundup: Uh, it’s January
It’s time for me to reveal the final results of a handspinning experiment that started right around three years ago, at the beginning of 2022. At that time, I started spinning for socks, intentionally and often. I played with colour, twist, and ply structure. Then, from June 2022 through February of 2023, I knit those … More Socks For Science: Results
I thought I brought an absurd amount of knitting to do during our summer travels. But it turns out that over the course of several months, I do an absurd amount of knitting! I finished knitting I planned for: the Wervel Sweater, and 3/4 clues of the Goff Mystery Knit-Along (spoiler below); that’s about what … More Socks and Other Summer Knits
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
Osborn Fiber Studio 