Sweat Remediation, Part 1.
I’ve shied away from the mention of heat waves and drought here in this space. I suspected that, given the slightest opportunity, the whining and self pity and utter sluggishness resulting from this...
View ArticleThere is a big project on the horizon.
I can’t wait to tell you all about this project – from its crazy inception (over a particularly strong cup of coffee) to how the design features seemed to evolve organically, on their own. I will...
View ArticleIntroducing: This is wool. First Harvest: Backyard
With no further ado, I’d like to introduce you to the long-awaited first harvest of Five Green Acres wool. I couldn’t be more thrilled. Being the first harvest, it’s also the official launch of the...
View ArticleConsider a Piñata
Grampa had a big birthday this Thanksgiving, one that could only be properly rung in with a piñata. It was all things a piñata fashioned by little hands should be – slightly awkward but bearing much...
View ArticleIt’s beginning to smell a lot like Solstice.
Sweet, vital, enveloping beeswax – it is the defining aroma of the Solstice and the days leading up to it, when big blocks of golden light incarnate are melted down on the woodstove and poured into...
View ArticleThe slippers were long overdue.
Using the Felt Slippers pattern on the Martha Stewart Living website, I paid a debt long overdue. How can these girl-toes I jokingly munched on not so long ago have grown to such size, past even the...
View ArticleBe on the ready.
Something wonderful is waiting to be born. A skein of yarn has yielded a magnificent antidote to late Winter. Woolen loops and knots, made with sticks, have been arranged just so, the choreography...
View ArticleWinterlit Herringbone Cowl Pattern
At last, a cowl. It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of this knitting pattern, so carefully designed to complement the unique hand of First Harvest yarn. Winterlit, it is called and...
View ArticleEgg Dyeing in Progress
A friend came by a few days ago to instruct us on the ancient art of psanky, or Ukranian Egg Dyeing. In just a couple of hours, we covered the basics and got down to designing our own eggs. Psanky is...
View ArticleWinter insists upon epic projects.
My hands have not held a knitting project in weeks. My sewing machine sits in chilly silence, murmuring weak pleas of encouragement to continue work on an array of woolen undershirts for the whole...
View ArticleFive Things: Finished Objects
Welcome to Five Things (I’ve Neglected to Mention). It’s a short run of a series I conceived of in a desperate attempt to get back into the blogging habit. It’s been a bit sparse here of late, and...
View ArticleAt the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Fest
It may not have the hype and luster of Rhinebeck, but this little Wisconsin fiber festival is not to be dismissed. After three solid days there, I feel full to bursting with a renewed sense of vigor...
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