Knitcessities

A lot of things coming back to my Disney College Program lately! When I lived in Orlando in 2016, there were no local yarn shops. There was a needlepoint shop that had an indie dyer come in on the third Saturday of the month, but as I was working in housekeeping at the time, it […]

The Quarter Stitch

I just spent the most wonderful week in New Orleans with a couple of friends for a “spring break” trip (they are teachers, and it was their spring break). We stayed at the edge of the French Quarter, so we could walk around with adult beverages and back to our hotel. Imagine my surprise, in […]

Color Analysis

I remember, as a kid, hearing “Oh, I’m a [insert season here], so I can’t wear that,” and I always hated it. I’ve always been of the opinion if you like a color, just wear it. That isn’t to say some colors don’t flatter some better than they do others. Since I was a teenager, […]

Goodbye 2023

Happy New Year! 2023 was a year I was just happy to survive, but I’m still celebrating my wins (and acknowledging the losses) for my resolutions this year: Wins: I did better on my MakeNine2023 than I did on my MakeNine2022! I had three finished objects, four WIPs, and only two that I did not […]

Kerry Woollen Mills

Taking my usual gift-crafting break until the new year! Wishing you and yours a great finish for 2023. Our last stop on our amazing tour of Ireland was Killarney, which was also stunning. Beautiful mountains, our hotel (that Walt Disney stayed at!) was on a lake and had a bunch of lovely touristy activities to […]

Knits of Ireland

I got to check off a major bucket list item last month. My mom and I booked a Knitting Tour with Irish Tourism to learn the fiber techniques of our ancestors (Mom’s Dad came from an Irish Catholic family). I first read about these trips in a spinning magazine over a decade ago, so I […]

Tour De Fleece 2023

I’m very proud to say that I PR’ed this Tour! I kept the goal managable, since that’s just my theme this summer (Still managed to craft every day in July for Practical Magic!). My only real goal was to finish plying my hodge-podge Ply Away samples yarn from 2018 (…). My reach goal was to […]

Goodbye, 2022

I hope your year went as well as mine did. Certainly had a lot of love and growth, even if my resolutions didn’t go entirely to plan. I never did publish anything, and I never even got started on the knitting machine. However, I did take some of my winter break to begin setting up […]

ThanksKnitting 2022

But I guess it’s ThanksCarding this year! Taking advantage of the lovely weather in Kansas City this morning to card a bit more cotton before it’s cold again. It keeps me well out of the way of the chefs! Since I have to keep most of what I’m working on for the next six or […]

Advent Knitting 2022

I am hoping to have one holiday knit that’s for me and therefore doesn’t have to be kept a surprise! Yarny Advent calendars have become even more the rage since I first discovered them, but really, of course they have. The only downside to using up to 25 beautiful, curated colors in your project is […]