On Becoming Accomplished

Last weekend, I was in the Niagra region for a wedding, and happily made it to 3 yarn shops in one day! I had just left The Fibre Garden , a...

This is my favourite yarn that I have spun so far. I finished it weeks ago, but could not post it, because I could not think of an inspiring...

I recently married two patterns. I started off loosely following Sally Meliville's Knit-Round Scarf pattern, and by about three ro...

It was Anne's birthday last week, and on account of my lent-related austerity measures, I could not purchase her a gift. I had just spun...

Yesterday, I filled a bobbin for the first time. I normally get impatient, or run out of fibre, and hurriedly ply something together to brag...

A dear friend recently gifted me a bag of wool roving, of no mean size. Included were three rolls - light grey-brown, dark grey-brown, and t...

The Saturday Adventures of Anne and Ashleigh continued yesterday, when we went to the Soup Kitchen Community Centre for their weekly felting...

I needed a break from the seed stitch  Wedding Washcloth  from Purl Bee that I am knitting for my friend Liza. Knitting washcloths might ...

I don't know if anyone would want to sweat all over this felted "sweat" band made from suri alpaca and merino woo...

Today I plied my first spun yarn, with the yarn that Evelyn had left on the extra bobbin that she gave me with the wheel. I like that it is...

When did someone paint me washing wool? Washing fleece, or "scouring" as it's also known as, is truly one of the most sati...