Tag: alpaca
Cowl Kick, Pricing Finished Knits
I've been on a cowl design and making kick after spending a couple months working on a Exeter cabled sweater. I can't stop with the cowls now - they're quick, easy projects that give me near-instant gratification. The cowl kick started at the end of the sweater project. For about 2 years now I've been trying, … Continue reading Cowl Kick, Pricing Finished Knits
The Yarn Office, The Post Office, and Fleece Washing
Over the last week or so, I've been super-busy. My knitting friends have been encouraging me for a long time (trust me: for at least a year) to start a shop, if not a brick-and-mortar yarn shop, then a shop on etsy, or really, someplace online. A brick-and-mortar yarn shop seems like a pretty high … Continue reading The Yarn Office, The Post Office, and Fleece Washing
Catching Up: Shenandoah Valley Fiber Fest
For once I have too much to write about: SVFF, natural dye projects, the sweater I'm knitting out of my own handspun yarn, roller derby, and probably some other things I'm forgetting about. I'm planning on posting more about all of this stuff, particularly the natural dying (madder, mushrooms, pokeberry & bittersweet), but I've been … Continue reading Catching Up: Shenandoah Valley Fiber Fest
