Happy Belated Birthday Brenna!

How’s that title for some alliteration? I whipped up yet another pair of 70 Yard Mitts, this time for my brother’s awesome long-time girlfriend, Brenna. She’s pretty much a member of the family at this point. She made me a lovely cowl and gave it to...

Craft Talk

Matt and I were watching a bunch of YouTube videos last weekend and we came across this video about craft talk. I’d seen it before, but I forgot all about it. I couldn’t stop laughing. I thought I would share since I think many of us knitters, crocheters,...

New color addiction?

I think I’m falling hard for a new hue. I’ve been into red-oranges lately, and this yarn just begged me to knit it. Maybe it’s all the delicious blood oranges I’ve been eating lately… The fiber is mink yarn, Mimi by Lotus in Orange (color...

To evoke your senses

Introducing Evoke, a unisex ribbed hat in handspun yarn. I loved the way this yarn looked knitted in this rib pattern so much. The yarn is Pretty Southern handspun in Movement. The ribbing works well to highlight the texture of the handspun, and the constant color...

A slight knitting detour

Well, those sleeves were boring the heck out of me, so I decided to take a break. I was also being way too altruistic in my knitting, since all four projects I was working on were for other people. I remembered I had this lovely skein from PrettySouthern sitting in my...

Announcing the winners!

I have a couple of quick announcements. Thank very much to all that donated to the Four Finger Fundraiser. They’re still taking donations, so feel free to give. I did promise that I would draw from the list of donations today. Allison won the Noro Kureyon sock...