The “Easter” Shawl

This one is a winder, so settle in. Travel back with me about decade, when I was but a wee teenager. We went to visit my aunt in Austin, Texas, and these trips mostly included eating fantastic food and shopping. One such shop we were able to fit in was Gauge, one of my first […]

Tips and Tricks: m1l and m1r

My crafting has been made easier (and more fun) by the countless tips and tricks I have picked up over my many years of making. Some of them clicked right away and others took some… years… like this one! I took a class from my good friend Lynn, and she told us we would never […]

The Knit Darn

As I mentioned when I gave the Speedweve a spin, I do not like classic darning. It take a lot of work to get right, the woven fabric isn’t as stretchy as a knit, and even in you use the same yarn, the repair is fairly obvious. That’s great for visual mending, but some times […]

Goodbye, 2020

And I hope the door hits it on the way out. I also hope that you’ve made it to the end of this collectively horrid year. I’d say “I hope you’ve made it well,” but why add extra requirements? It was hard enough to make it here at all. So if you did, I’m proud […]

ThanksKnitting in 2020

Long-time readers know I take a little hiatus between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Most of the projects I’m working on have to be kept secret, and less time writing means more time on said projects. I think one last WIP post would be the most apt way to wind down, since I feel like that was […]

Mini ADVENTure Cowl KAL

In the interest of being responsible, I wasn’t going to get a yarn advent calendar this year. They’re super fun, but I have two now that are just sitting in my stash, waiting to be turned into something useful. It was a bad idea to get more minis to just sit around idly. Then I […]

A Visit from Franklin Habit

In-person gatherings are, of course, still cancelled for the foreseeable future while cases are on the rise (stay home when you can, wash your hands, and wear your mask!). The Sunflower Knitter’s Guild decided to take a little advantage of that and booked Franklin Habit to speak at last night’s meeting! Franklin is a very […]

Where’s my Motivation?

After a rough week, I’m finally back at an equilibrium-level of general anxiety. So, it should be really easy for me to slip back into my regularly scheduled projects, right? Apparently not. Here’s my NaKniSweMo Dissent sweater. We’re a third of the way through the month, and I’m not even a third of the way […]

Mastering the Tulip I-cord Machine

Hope everyone is recovering from last week’s election, but is also ready to put in the work we still need to do! I was hoping to give you and update on my NaNoWriSweMo progress, but there hasn’t been much. Turns out existential dread is a poor environment for writing (fiction). My Dissent sweater provided a […]

A Craft Quiz

I am so close and so far away from finishing my 19th Amendment knits (to wear when I work the polls on Nov. 3). My Together We Stand is blocking, and all that’s left to do there is to weave in the ends. My plan was to make the Up to No Good mitts from […]