Fiber Festival Bucket List
If you are in the fiber arts world, yarn festivals (also known as fiber festivals or sheep & wool festivals) are like Comic Con for...
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- Feb 27, 2022
- 3 min
Free Knit Fur Cowl Pattern
A free knitting pattern perfect for beginners for a faux fur cowl.
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
Snow Day Traditions
If you live in a place where it snows, snow days are magical from the time we are old enough to lace up snow boots, put on mittens, and...
- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
Knitting Through the Storm
The last few months have been stressful. That is such an understatement. Our world is changing drastically in a short amount of time. I...
- Apr 5, 2020
- 1 min
How to Knit a Chunky Scarf
Step by step videos on how to knit my chunky scarf pattern
- Aug 18, 2019
- 1 min
Cheap and Easy Yarn Tassels
Yesterday on IGTV, I gave a short instructional video on how to make yarn tassels quickly and cheaply.
- Apr 29, 2019
- 2 min
The Festival of Fiber Tradition
This past Saturday was the 7th annual Powhatan Festival of Fiber (and the 6th annual Lee Family Trip to the Fiber Festival). My husband...
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
Knit 1, Sip 1 (round 3)
Happy Tuesday, also known as the second Monday of the week. And boy, has this day been a real Monday. That means we are in for another...
- Mar 19, 2019
- 1 min
Knit 1, Sip 1 (round 2)
In honor of St. Patrick's Day and the cold weather being back, today we are drinking an Irish coffee. There is definitely a liberal...
- Mar 13, 2019
- 2 min
The Evolution of a Knitting Needle Addiction
Most fiber artists will tell you about their bins of yarn or hanks of fiber. Some will even talk about how they came home with a whole...
- Mar 3, 2019
- 2 min
Knit 1, Sip 1
I have always thought about doing drink and knitting pattern pairings, similar to drink and food pairings. I find a nice wine or fun...
- Feb 28, 2019
- 1 min
Hosting My First Handmade Market
Last weekend was my first market that I ever put together. I found a venue and vendors, I promoted and strong armed friends into getting...
- Jun 30, 2018
- 5 min
Beginner Knitting: Getting Started vol. 2
Welcome to part 2 of our beginner knitting series. If you haven't read vol. 1 yet, I definitely suggest starting there. We are going to...
- Jun 27, 2018
- 5 min
Beginner Knitting: Getting Started vol. 1
I know! I am a day late again. Truth be told, I was a bit overwhelmed by my chosen topic. So, I decided to split it into two parts, with...
- Jun 23, 2018
- 2 min
Finished Object Friday (late)
I know. It is Saturday. But I actually had a few things to post for FO Friday this week. Problem is, I sat up to watch the first episode...
- Jun 19, 2018
- 2 min
Review of Kim Dyes Yarn
I promised more yarn reviews, and considering how many skeins I have of Kim Dyes Yarn, I thought this was a good indie dyer to start...
- Jun 5, 2018
- 2 min
Knitter's Panic (aka blogger's panic)
Let's be honest - I had no plan for today's post. I frankly forgot it was even Tuesday. I am just shy of 1 week away from my cervical...
- Jun 2, 2018
- 2 min
Finished Object Friday (volume 3)
Can I drink a red bull at 10 o'clock at night? Asking for a friend. I am seriously exhausted. I keep thinking I will just get through...
- May 29, 2018
- 2 min
Virginia Yarn Crawl 2018
Happy Tuesday! Sorry for missing Friday's post, but there was no way for me to get the blog post published while traveling. That just...
- May 22, 2018
- 3 min
Travel Knitting Tips
The last year or so has seen my traveling continue to increase to the levels of my college days. Happily, I can say that I stay in better...
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