My friend Marci and I adopted an alpaca last weekend. This has prompted a lot of questions from my friends and colleagues: “You’re adopting an alpaca? Where will you keep it? Do you know anything about taking care of alpacas?” I sure don’t, readers. That’s why I’m just adopting her, and she can go live […]
Read More Alpaca AdoptionWhat better way to ween myself off of my crafty Ren Fest weekends than to surround myself in crafty goodness at a fall festival! The Maple Leaf Festival in Baldwin City, KS occurs in third full weekend in October. It started as a craft show in the late 1950s, to celebrate the leaves turning and […]
Read More Baldwin City Maple Leaf FestivalSince I’ve had my finger to the pulse of the yarn industry for almost fifteen years, I’ve seen a lot of fads come and go (and come again). As far as the big box craft stores go, there’s usually one big-deal novelty yarn making the rounds, and I have to admit I’ve become really interested […]
Read More Look Ma, No Needles!So now it’s officially over! It would’ve been nice to really enjoy my last day out at the Faire this year. Instead we had rain and wind in the high 30s. It’s the coldest day I’ve ever spent out there, I’m sure (Marci said she’s had colder). Quite a few people braved that weather with […]
Read More Adventures at the Ren Fest: The Last WeekendWhile I’m sitting here not working on Christmas presents, I’m instead looking at all the really cool yarn advent calendars they’re putting out this year. As if I have an abundance of time to work on additional projects around the holidays. I can’t stop looking, though, the idea is just so appealing to me. I […]
Read More Yarn Advent Calendar Round-upThe end of the Kansas City Renaissance Festival is nigh, and traditionally the last couple of weekends are really good at Wolf ‘n’ Sheep’s Clothing. It’s chillier, people forget warm things, and we get to bust out our own hand-knits. It was a little harder this weekend with all the rain, but I managed: And […]
Read More Adventures at the Ren Fest: 6th WeekendLast weekend, I only spent one day out at the festival because KU had Homecoming on Saturday, so I got to go play in the band. I didn’t bring a spindle to the game this year ’cause Spinzilla started on Monday! It seems a lot of the crazy patrons came out to play 4th weekend, […]
Read More Adventures at the Ren Fest: 5th Weekend (and Spinzilla Update)I hear you. “What do you mean Christmas is coming? It’s not even October yet.” People who hand-make their gifts understand though. I’m already late. It always starts with great intentions: buy the yarn and at least start them in August, work on them here and there, and be done around early December so you […]
Read More Christmas is Coming…Well, the weather was perfect, and we finally had some good crowds out at the Renaissance Festival. However, with larger crowds comes crazier guests, it seems. I can’t even phrase them all into “I” sentences. Here’s all the crazy that I got to experience last weekend: A guy walked into the booth, stood about a […]
Read More Adventures at the Ren Fest: 4th WeekendI’m taking another class at The Studio, this time it’s a needlepoint chess/checkerboard where the squares are different stitches. Part of me knows this was not a smart thing to start. I have three projects I’m trying to finish before Ren Fest is over, I promised two skeins of handspun yarn to two different friends […]
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