If there’s a bit of radio silence coming from my little corner of the universe, just know that all is well, I’m just drinking margaritas and laying on a beach, while knitting some stitches on some socks in a bikini. Yeah, baby, I’ll be on vacation! It’s a bit early for Socks on Vacay, but I will be photographing my …
Let’s talk about socks, baby…
I know that socks and knitting and the making lifestyle is something I talk about all.of.the.time, but I firmly believe that the benefits that we gain from creating cannot be overstated. So I’ll just keep on talking about it here and on my IG and in real life and I’ll keep making and playing and doing, and I hope you …
Summertime Sock Knitting Extravaganza, Year Two
It’s almost Memorial Day, which means it’s almost time for the 2nd annual Summertime Sock Knitting Extravaganza, hosted by my best knitting bud and dyer-of-my-favorite-sock-yarn, Lorajean from Knitted Wit and yours truly. We had such a great time last year, making all of the socks and drooling over yours, that we can’t NOT do it again this year. And for …
Want to learn Sundae Socks? Are you in PDX?
I’m super excited to be one of Starlight Knitting Society’s teachers this summer! I’m teaching the toe-up version of my Sundae Socks on some Saturdays in July, and I could not be more excited! You can register through Starlight online to join the class. Hope to see you there! What: Toe-Up Socks, featuring Sundae Socks When: Saturday, July 14th, 21st, …
Farmer’s Market KAL has begun!
One of the things I love the most about this knitting community we are all in is the camaraderie of a KAL. There’s nothing like seeing other folks takes on the same pattern to really inspire you and open your eyes to alternate possibilities. And then there’s the simple fact that knitting along with others ensures that you will be …
Farmer’s Market color combo update
I finally, FINALLY narrowed down my color choice for the Farmer’s Market KAL Knitted Wit and I are hosting (that begins next Monday, 5/7!), and I am super duper excited about the neon-mazingness of this! I’m using Knitted Wit Single Fingering in Feliciacakes, Watery Tart, and Study Hall. And, I even wore it around for a bit the other morning, …
Knot Another Fiber Festival recap and gushing
First of all, thanks so much to everyone who commented on my post yesterday. I feel like it really hit a nerve, and if you want more of that, check out what I had to say about my uniform dresses and my burgeoning tattoo addiction, because it summarizes my journey to a better form of self-acceptance, body-wise. It’s still a …
A brief history of my hair (and a realization I came to this weekend)
This past weekend was the Knot Another Fiber Festival at the Oregon Garden in Silverton. Sarah from Knot Another Hat organized it, and I went with Lorajean from Knitted Wit, and it was amazing. More on that in another blog post (because it was epically fun), but something happened that LJ and I talked about while driving home, and it’s …
Knot Another Fiber Festival
OMG, I can’t believe how quickly the spring has been springing. I guess that’s how I feel all of the time, ever, but it feels particularly quick this year. It’s already closing in on the end of April, which means May is soon to begin, and then there’s June, and summer, and TNNA and… I’m heading to Silverton, Oregon this …
Farmer’s Market KAL
Lorajean and I were texting a few weeks ago (as we do), and she was talking about getting some of my older patterns knit up in some of her newer and upcoming colorways. Yes, please! I said, and then she proposed the idea of doing a KAL with my Farmer’s Market Shawl. Oh, wow, what a great idea! She put …
If you aren’t into permanence…
Earlier this week, I shared a little ditty of a poem I wrote to my sock ruler tattoo, but realized that permanently marking oneself in the pursuit of hobby and craft isn’t everyone’s style. Luckily for all of you, my buddy Maria from A Needle Runs Through It has created a fantastic sock ruler that is a perfect stand-in for …
Check Your Head
So what’cha, what’cha, what’cha want, what’cha want? I get so funny with my money that you flaunt I said, “Where’d you get your information from,” huh? You think that you can front when revelation comes? Ever since I decided on the name Check Your Head for my latest hat pattern, I’ve had this song running on an almost-constant stream through …