Thoughts about crafting in general, or people who have influenced me.
Alternate titles: “Mud Mud Mud” or “The Stash Grows Ever Larger” Hi there folks! Believe it or not, I did make it to MD Sheep and Wool this year. TheEnabler and I headed to MD to visit AwesomeE and her fam, as well as my family. We ended up with… Read More »MD Sheep and Wool
And maybe get some yarn My sister is running a GoFundMe to help support EuroEd Foundation, an NGO in Iași, Romania. The NGO is one with which my Aunt worked for decades beginning with her time in Romania as a Peace Corp Volunteer. My family has stayed in contact with… Read More »Support Ukrainian Refugees fleeing to Romania
The hardest part about letting this blog sit idle for so long is trying to figure out where to begin… So I’m going to mostly start with what I’m up to now, and over time try to go back and fill in what’s happened while the blog has been quiet.… Read More »Where to even start?
First, I’m still here! I know I said I was taking off August, and now we’re in the middle of October… let’s just say that for all I knew the move would be intense and take a lot of time and energy… I still was wayyyy too optimistic about what… Read More »Some quick updates
I’ve been feeling pretty guilty as the timer in the back of mind kept ticking forward telling me it had been one more day since I last posted. But between work and prepping for our move, it’s been hard to find time or mental energy. When I do have some… Read More »A pause
I took two classes at Unravel over the weekend on Baltic knitting techniques, both taught by Aleks Byrd, a knitwear designer and illustrator with family roots in Estonia. The first was on Saturday on Baltic Braid techniques from Estonia and Latvia. I’d heard of Latvian braids before, and even did… Read More »Weekend Trip to the Baltics
This past Thursday was the start of the Farnham Malthings Unraveled Virtual Festival. I kicked it off with a class by Felicity Ford called “Sunsets & Sheep: Recolouring a Stranded Colourwork Design – Felicity Ford” which said it would build “confidence around changing the colours of a stranded colourwork design.… Read More »Sunsets, Sheep, and Shades
It has been a busy two weeks… and last weekend didn’t get me much of a leg up on this past week. That’s because it was spent getting vaccinated, and recovering from getting vaccinated. My husband and I both had our appointments for our first shots on Saturday. His was… Read More »Whew, still here
It’s been a busy week on a number of front. I’ve had a lot of work meetings, including some later into the evening, so that’s definitely reduced my time for crafting and blogging. I have been able to get a decent amount of spinning done, and I’ll be on the… Read More »Light at the end of the Rainbow
As I mentioned a little over a week ago, this past weekend saw a couple different virtual fiber festivals. I joined a couple of the Knit+Escape demos and sessions, and plan to watch some more of them this week while the recordings are available. One of the sessions I attended… Read More »Back and Forth to Go Around
