Inis Oirr

This was by far my favorite locale of the whole trip! And really, would a knitting tour of Ireland be complete without a visit to the famous Aran Islands (you know, where Aran fisherman sweaters get their name)? We spent all our island time on Inis Oirr (pronounced EE-nes SHEER), which is the smallest and […]

Galway, Ireland

When we first arrived, I wasn’t so impressed, but Galway made me love it before we left! Nearby is the village of Spiddle, a government-subsidized group of houses that Irish artists can work and sell out of. It was so neat! We met Ciaran Hogan, a second-generation basket weaver, who took very kindly to all […]

Knits of Ireland

I got to check off a major bucket list item last month. My mom and I booked a Knitting Tour with Irish Tourism to learn the fiber techniques of our ancestors (Mom’s Dad came from an Irish Catholic family). I first read about these trips in a spinning magazine over a decade ago, so I […]

Emotional Support Chicken KAL

Never mind that I just wrapped Tour de Fleece and want to finish projects for an upcoming trip to Ireland. When a fiber friend hosts a knit-along, I’m hard-pressed not to join; especially when the knit-along is a chicken. EmoGirlKnits has been hosting this knit-along for the Emotional Support Chicken (Ravelry link) by The Knitting […]

CSM Headband

Y’all, I am beyond excited. Thanks to the format of the Yarn Social summer challenge, I’ve been giving into all the crafty whims. One of them has really paid off! I was looking at knit headbands in relation to my new Pathfinder character (long story!), and I found out that the cute twist ones were […]

Dean and Bean Crank-In 2023

I am coming to you from what I hope to be the tail end of a horrible mental health episode. I am fortunate to have supportive friends and family and access to care, so I’m doing a lot better. However, I’m still disappointed that I didn’t see the signs sooner. So, as I often say, […]

Recycled Stitch Markers

In many of my travels, I have had a dream. Most hotels have RFID card keys these days, and many of these key cards look so fancy. They could just be plain white cards, but most of them have fun or sophisticated prints on them. What cool stitch markers they’d make, I usually say. I […]

A Record Breaker (Maybe)

I have been looking forward to today for a while. Not because it’s Valentine’s Day, even though I always treat myself on Valentine’s. No, I was looking forward to today because I got accepted to be a part of the stress test at the new KCI terminal! If you’re not from KC, let me explain. […]

Hello, 2023

I’ve covered how my crafty resolutions went last year (the TL;DR was not well, but I’m still feeling good about what I did accomplish!). Now, I’m looking ahead to this new year! First off, I’ve decided 2023 is my year of apparel sewing. No SMART goal attached to this. I just want to put that […]

Goodbye, 2022

I hope your year went as well as mine did. Certainly had a lot of love and growth, even if my resolutions didn’t go entirely to plan. I never did publish anything, and I never even got started on the knitting machine. However, I did take some of my winter break to begin setting up […]