Crochet Yourself into Corners

But first, I want to update you on my sweater quantity spinning: Tour de Fleece has ended, and I only managed half of a sweater quantity. I’m not very down about though. I spun every day of the tour (even rest days!), and this started as a New Year’s Resolution anyway. I’ll finish it before […]

Road Block(ing)

As previously mentioned, I was out of town this last weekend to attend my godbrother’s wedding. Road trips usually bring out my restless crafting syndrome, so I make a point to bring multiple projects (cause a little progress on five projects is still progress!). However, this trip I found myself getting a rhythm on my […]

Mass Ave Knit Shop

I love weddings, particularly when the people getting married are awesome. This last weekend, my family crammed into my dad’s minivan to make the trek to Cincinnati, OH where my godbrother married his high school sweetheart. It was all-around perfect, but the festivities didn’t leave me any time for my usual LYS explorations, so Mom […]

You Learn Something New…

Last Thursday, my mom and I started a class (taught by my awesome friend Lynn here) at the Studio: the Jolly Roger shawl, which has been a bucket list item of my mom’s for a while now. “But Emma,” I hear “you also teach at the Studio, surely you didn’t need to take this class […]

And the Cotton is High

Late this last spring, I woke up one day a decided I wanted to grow cotton in my backyard. This is a bit ridiculous for a few reasons: I have little to no experience spinning cotton I have absolutely no experience spinning from a boll (cotton as it comes off of the plant) I have […]

Another Way to Put Off Housework

My LYS The Studio Knitting and Needlepoint is doing something really fun this summer: free one hour demos of different yarn techniques and, if you like them, projects to master them. This past Saturday was one of my turns to demonstrate, and I showed passersby how to make a broomstick lace headband: Isn’t it pretty? […]

To Spin a Sweater Quantity

Ah July, that time of year where Kansas City sees heat indexes in high 100s and the only time we get a break from the humidity is when the thunder storms roll in. It has also turned into a month of the year where I surround myself with wool roving every free moment I have. […]

Going Out Your Door

“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – J.R.R. Tolkien “Knit on with confidence and hope through all crises.” – Elizabeth Zimmermann Hello Fellow Adventurers, My name is […]