Oh, Rhinebeck

Oh, Rhinebeck

The New York Sheep and Wool Festival, aka “Rhinebeck” was an absolute delight! I got to see many lovely folks I follow online, including several designers like Diana Walla, Alexis Winslow, and Ysolda Teague that I went all fangirl about at the Ravelry...

Sock yarn for an 80’s child

I was browsing Etsy for some self-striping hand dyed yarn awhile back (dangerous, I know) and I came across this yarn from Julianna’s Fibres: It’s her Sparkle Self-Striping superwash yarn in the colorway “Truly Outrageous.”  The name and colors...

The winners are…

The remaining yardage in my stash totals 46,726.4 yards. Gulp. That’s a reality check!  The two closest guesses came from Jocelyn and Damaris:  I will be contacting you ladies to find out where to send the yarn to Jocelyn, and how to get a pattern to Damaris....

_________Yards! A guessing game giveaway!

I’ve been trying out some new podcasts lately. I listened to the April 18th episode of Jane and Jen Knit Funny. I really liked the episode I heard. Then they mentioned their stashes. Each of them had about 12 or 14 different yarns in their stash and they each...

The kind of yarn that makes you wish you could spin.

One of my first knitting friends, Lynda Jo, sent me this magnificent skein of yarn in the mail last week. I’ve known LJ since about 2006 when we met at Hand Held during a knit night. I love knit night and all the people that attend. At the time, it was primarily...