Treat Yo Self

I’ve shared my views on love before, and if I’m being totally honest, my experience with Valentine’s Day peaked in elementary school: when you made your own valentine mailbox that all of your classmates filled with holographic pop cultural valentines and maybe some candy. But do I let that get me down every February 14th? […]

One Quilter’s Scraps…

I had another trip to visit my quilting Iowa family last weekend. Having finished all of my deadline quilts, I had to actually make a decision about what I wanted to work on. I ended on a quilt that’s has been in progress for about 5 years… Back then, I had just finished the first […]

Cool Karakul

Shave ’em to Save ’em just kicked off, and I’ve started my first project! Last April, I got to go to the Oklahoma Renaissance Festival. It was fun to explore another faire, and see what their fiber artists were doing. One was a felter, and she had a “cruelty-free wool pelt,” which was a wrap […]

Color of Memory

I do love to travel, but sometimes it’s fun to be a tourist in your own home town. And if you think there’s nothing to do in Kansas City, you’re absolutely right. Feel free to skip this post. (Our town is the best kept secret, and I plan to keep it that way.) Word had […]

Historical Crafting Q&A

NothingButKnit posted another Q&A, and here are my answers: What item did you make that was a complete win? You loved making it, using it and got compliments on it. My crocheted prom dress, for sure. It took forever, and there were times when I got bored of it, but it was first big project […]

The Studio’s Winter Retreat

January is tied with August for my least favorite month, but at least I have the month to look forward to The Studio’s Winter Knitting Retreat. It was just this past weekend and my fourth year manning the yarn market. We usually host it at Unity Village, but since our group has been getting larger […]

WIP it into Shape

When I first started crocheting over a decade ago, one of my favorite things about it was the absence of a “block.” Unlike writing or drawing, I never ran out of ideas for things I wanted to make. What a simpler time. I’m sad to report that I am in a yarncraft “block,” which is […]

More Stash, More Storage

No offense to Marie Kondo, but I’m not ready to part with any of my yarn (and besides, it does spark joy). So when my stash started overflowing just a little bit, I decided I’d rather get some new storage. And not long after I made this decision, I found a perfect solution on Pinterest: […]

Skill-Builder Blankets

I love to teach skill-builder classes. What inevitably happens is I’ll get knitters who tell me “I’d love to do [cables, bobbles, lace, any knitting technique], but I’m not a good enough knitter,” but then they work at it, they struggle, they find their “aha!” moments. To see them have pride in their work, that […]

Best Friend Bandana

It’s National Dress Up Your Pet day! We’ve encouraged everyone at work to participate, with pictures of their pets in our school color (orange!). I’m an equal opportunity pet lover, but I’m surrounded by hardcore dog lovers in the office, so that was the only species we had pictures of today. My kitty, Yobi, is […]