Sunflower Knitter’s Guild Retreat

For a couple more weeks, I am the vice president of the Sunflower Knitter’s Guild, and one of the responsibilities of the roll is to plan a biennial retreat for the members. After about a year of on and off planning, it finally occurred last weekend! So here’s a quick look at my ideal knitting […]

MOPACA

Last weekend was the annual MOPACA show at Hale Arena. It’s always a highlight of my year, because it always falls around my birthday. Alpaca goodies make great birthday gifts! Of course you get to see alpacas! They’re so adorable: There’s always a great selection of vendors, too. Here’s what I walked away with this […]

Let Me Finish Vol. 2

Last week, I showed you my finished projects from the Fiber Treasures retreat, and now I have two more! These are the yarns I spun on that Sunday: And here’s what I made! Two cowls! The pink one is my lock spun yarn, loosely using the Escarpment Cowl pattern. I essentially knit a triangle shawl […]

Let Me Finish

I have always been the idea girl and never the finish-to-completion-before-starting-anew girl. I get really excited about starting a project, but then I usually find something new or get bored and I move on to the next thing. If I never had deadlines, I’m not sure I’d ever finish anything. Which is why I’m happy […]

Get into the Madness

In case you didn’t know this about me already, I’m a hardcore Jayhawk (Rock Chalk). I graduated from KU, my dad graduated from KU. College basketball is sacred thing, and was the whole time I was growing up. Now March is upon us, that most unproductive time of year where at least half of my […]

Ten Stitch Blanket

I’ve mentioned skill-builder blankets are my teaching wheelhouse. It’s easier to break up a big project, like a blanket, with smaller sections of different techniques. However, what if you need a project that’s total TV knitting? Something that doesn’t require you to think at all. Squares would be fine, but the idea of seaming them […]

Cat-Crafting

This is a Guest Post by Kristin Ragsdale. You can find her on Instagram and Ravelry under the name @Kristinistic According to a three second google search, sixty percent of people in the US have some sort of pet. Within my own circle, it seems that this ratio is even higher amongst fiber artists. While […]

Shave ’em to Save ’em

I love a good challenge, even more so when it’s for a good cause. Shave ’em to Save ’em is a Livestock Conservancy initiative that’s working to make heritage breeds of sheep more viable to shepherds. There are 22 breeds of sheep on the conservancy’s priority list, four of which are listed as critical (which […]

New Year, Same Me (but with Loftier Goals)

Happy New Year! 2018 was great to me, and what I’m most proud of is I actually completed (some) resolutions I made on this day a year ago: Read 20 books This one isn’t really fiber arts related. I mean, I read fiber arts stuff all the time, but I think that was a little […]

Corset Coffee Cozy

Holiday knitting is now in full swing! First on my list is an appropriately themed coffee cup cozy for my Ren Fest friend, Chrissy. I designed this corset a couple of seasons ago, so I’m super bummed that I missed making her one then, but now I have something for her for Christmas! And really, […]