Ocean Blue

I love knits with meaningful associations or a good story and I sense that this knit will quickly become an old favorite for this as much as for it’s wear-ability. I love this knit for so many reasons. For the yarn, with it’s memories of the last MDSW I attended, driving up with a dear [...]

MDSW Recap

One of my favorite things about my local knitting and spinning guilds are the people that are a part of these groups. I had the opportunity to jump in with a few friends from the spinning guild at the last minute to join them in their trip to MDSW (Thanks again Kathryn, Frith & Heather!) [...]

The SAFF fly-by

Though our trip to SAFF this year (nearly a month ago now, really?!) was not much more than a fly-by, it was graced by a couple brief but great meetings that I wanted to share. Brittany was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic supporters of my 3Day raffle, so when she mentioned that she [...]

A Weekend Away

Tad and I took a much needed break and went the mountains for a long weekend. (A little late on the post, but still, it was terrific!) There was SAFF! Thank you to everyone who stopped me to say hi – it was SO good to meet some of you in person (and to those [...]

Swatching… And SAFF!

I’ve been swatching this week: Splotchy: My first swatch for the Cinderella socks (Pssst! Come join us at the KAL, over here!) – I want to knit these in tweed. I don’t have a good explanation for this want, I just do. I have no suitable tweed in my stash. I tried to “make” tweed. [...]

SAFF Excitement – and FLEECE!

I know, I know, SAFF is months away, but I’m still running off my MDSW high, so I’m thinking a lot about SAFF! It doesn’t hurt that I had a very nice email conversation with Elizabeth – who recommended SAFF and also sent me to JenLa’s SAFF webpage, and then Jen was so nice too. [...]