Last week, to celebrate returning to Hankering for Yarn, and to also celebrate the launch of Bliss Tree, I announced a contest… Celebration Contest I asked people to list off everything- and I REALLY DID MEAN  E V E R Y T H I N G - in this photo. 21 people left comments (thanks everyone - big...

I am making a cap for a friend. He wants it in synthetic yarn, and it has to be quite thin yarn, so I went mooching through my stash looking for the perfect yarn. I had some discontinued Caron Shadows that I had used in another project that was rejected, so I figured I would be eco friendly and recy...

Water, electric, phone, internet access– bah! Who needs em? All I need is tasty handpainted roving. My family disagrees, for some reason they think its more convenient to have food and running water. I’ll never understand them. This a sport weight that I made from spinning Moonlightbaker...

Viime viikko oli aika rankka, ja tänään en jaksanutkaan tehdä muuta kuin tuijottaa digiboksilta ohjelmia ja käsitellä ufoja. Ensimmäisenä vanhin: Rosemoor. Sain tämän jo vuosi sitten keväällä melkein valmiiksi, mutta siihen se jäi. Yksi syy hitailuun oli siinä, että pelkäsin langan ...

Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat has become a highlight of my year.  It is a wonderful event run by fabulous people (thank you Suzanne and Corny!) and incredible teachers.  Even though I don't get to take classes, I am inspired by the awesome knitters and spinners that come through ...

En mennyt Wanhan sataman Kädentaitomessuille viime viikonloppuna, koska lanka löytää tänne muutenkin. Ensin tänne saapuivat jenkeistä tilaamani Noro Kureyon Sock-langat. Lupasin tehdä liivin myös kummilleni ja kun totesin että 200 g lankaa riitti täpärästi äitini liiviin niin sitä ei ...

The sleeve, it is done! Yesterday, a little mind gaming, making promises to myself [nothing fancy, something like, 'finish that damn sleeve and you can make a sandwich'] and I cranked. it. out. Bound off. Needles free. Mind at ease.......

I just don’t like waiting for it to dry when the torment is done. I’ve shocked it in hot water and cold, thwacked, soaked, and snapped the snot out of this yarn so that it’ll be as tough as the hubs of hell. All the torture has felted and blossomed it just a little, forcing the mer...

First and foremost and always, I would like to thank Tina, Stephanie and Cat for the wonderfulness and amazement that is the Sock Summit teachers list. I am truly, truly humbled to be in such company. I learned that I was teaching when Stephanie called me. I was on the ferry on my way to Friday Harb...

Hi folks, Very heavy work responsibilities, some bits and pieces of sadness of my own and of people around me, and the fact that I appear to have forgotten how to sleep have resulted in a seriously delinquent blogger.  Last weekend though I spent 3 very interesting days in a pastel workshop, p...