SpinOlution Echo Unboxing

I can say this now that it’s over: I don’t care for August. The fun of summer is essentially over and the fun of fall has not yet begun. It’s a fun void. Of course, I probably feel that way cause I spend my fall weekends out at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival with Marci […]

A Knitting Q&A

Want to say again: I’m following the #fiberadventures hashtag on Instagram. Use it so I can see what you’re working on! NothingButKnit posted a knitting Q&A and I thought it would be fun to answer: Do you have a favorite crafting tool? I don’t know that I have one overall favorite. I still have my […]

Minky Me Crazy

I love all fiber arts, but when people ask me if I quilt, I have to tell them I’m a fake quilter. Maybe it’s a mental block from middle school sewing when the teacher gave me a C on my quilt block pillow because my corners didn’t match, or maybe it requires a level of […]

Why You Should Love a Knitter

(or crocheter!) I know this isn’t clever or new, but dating does get harder as one gets older. There are fewer opportunities to meet people, I think. In this day and age it’s even harder to find someone with similar interests, or at least someone who can appreciate your interests. From my experience with this, […]

And the Cotton has Blooms!

Just a short one today, I wanted to give a little update on my cotton growing escapades: my cotton plants are blooming! I have never seen cotton flowers before, they’re really pretty: Looking forward to the bolls!

Partial Frogging

In my post about Road Block(ing), I wrote about my Rocky Mountain Aspens shawl, and how I really didn’t like the final product, at least not as a whole. I did love the lace, and I worked really hard not only to knit it but to get it looking finished by brunch. What I didn’t […]

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 […]