So, my Aunt Judy’s birthday is coming up.  Judy asked for a felted purse like the one I made for my Mom a while back.  Since I’m trying to figure out how to make these bags more efficiently so that Tuatha can sell them, I figured I should go the knitting machine route with this […]

Chris is my new best friend.  I heart Chris.  Look what was waiting in my mailbox: I saw it and thought . .  . that’s a really big package for a two socks’ worth of yarn.  Look what she sent me: That’s.  Wow.  That’s a bunch of nice yarn.  There’s lots of Regia, there–you can […]

I figured I should provide a bit of background on the poet I’ve chosen, since her work is only recently receiving attention in Lit departments in North America. Ní Dhomhnaill is multi-lingual, but writes poetry exclusively in Irish. She then divvies her work up among some of the finest poets in Ireland for translation into […]

Atlatls in the news: Pennsylvania May Let Hunters Use Prehistoric Weapon  Hot damn!  I think that’s our very own atlatl-Bob they’re talking to.  Hooo-weeeee.  He makes the darts and atlatls we all use.  And he’s also been known to be a flax-pusher.  Atlatls in the hollers: Scott kills one mean box  Hot damn!  That cardboard […]

Three small things: Soon-to-be-felted Booties for a soon-to-be-born baby: I don’t actually know the baby’s gender, but I figured this was a pretty blue for a child who is likely to have blue eyes.  And the whole "so precious we must dress you to blend in with the sky so the evil spirits don’t snatch […]