Knit!  Knit! Generally, I prefer hand-work to machine work.  I always sew my hems  and other visible seams by hand.  I know the supremacy of scratch-made baked goods, and that is, literally, the way I roll.  And I pull weeds by hand–no chemical weed killers in this garden, no no.  And the mere thought of […]

My new camera is so sweeeeet.  It’s tiny and comfortable in my hand, has some built in memory, room for memory sticks, a decent lens, and good battery life.   I will hug him and kiss him and love him and squeeze him and make him a felted case and name him George.  The Mavica has […]

Lookie lookie! The fine folks at Figheadh Yarnworks let me test one of their patterns. ‘Cuz’ I’m like a mad Scientist, except with felt. I love this hat. I am about to torture the heck out of it, because trials and tribulations make wool strong and firm. The chart was so fun to work. I […]

I have felted the second teal bag. It is entirely different from what I expected. And it is good. Rather than a column, it morphed into . . . well . . . roundness.  It’s like one of those egg baskets, except if this were full of eggs, it would be really really heavy. I […]

I’m about 50 pages into one of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read: Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years. I’ve tip-toed around this book for ages. I got it as a present, and I’ve been trying to read it slowly, like an Encyclopedia, so I don’t use it up too quickly. Well, time to […]

I finished the largest thing I’ve ever knit last night. It’s the second of two (eventually) felted bags knitted out of some Annabel Fox yarn that I got as a gift but didn’t want to wear. I know, I’m felting rare yarn. I forgot it was rare until the first bag was felted and the […]

So, here are some stash photos. I’m using our old camera, and I hate it. Sorry for the bad photo quality–it’s the best I could get late at night with the old camera. I am petulant. Here is my fabric closet. The colors are much more beautiful in real life: So, huge handmade broom hanging […]