Better Than Yarn

This week we reviewed a PHENOMENAL book on the podcast- it's Coastal Knits by Alana Dakos and Hannah Fettig. They're both brilliant...

Saturday, Tika and I went to Color: A Fiber Festival on Saturday. The drive up to Cal was pleasant, with some discussion of musical theater...

Product: Royal Hare Superwash Merino Roving Top Product Description: One braid of roving, either 100g or 4 oz(read below) in Calistoga Cal...

One of the booths that I got caught in was the Creatively Dyed Yarn booth. I didn't actually buy any yarn from her, I bought some of he...

That’s how much roving arrived at the house yesterday. We bought five fleeces at the Monterey Wool Auction. Colleen and Cynthia got the 2 nd...

On Sunday, I made a trek over to Purlescence to deliver some gluten-free beer cheese soup, and to pick up two balls of sock yarn. Since one ...

I made the worst use of my time off from work over the Christmas holiday. I got sick. My time management skills really could use some work. ...

Christmas is over. I kicked “It” squarely in the ass. I give you, two completed hats for my father: It is unkind to take pictures of people ...

A very fine, time-consuming storm, that is. I’ve spun (almost) half of the 14 oz of the “Twist and Shout” project. I’ve been fixated on sp...

For my birthday and Christmas gifts, Andrew is giving me 21 bumps of Crown Mountain Superwash merino roving. If you've been reading the...

So, Lily of the Valley (which has been finished for a week and a half) is now on the blocking board. Is there anything as pleasant as the ...

I went to the Monterey County Fair for the wool auction, and came home with a crescent-shaped sunburn. It looks like my lower back is smil...

I bought the most AMAZING roving on eBay on Monday, moments after Gretchen pinged me with the link, asking me whether I thought it would flu...

… or Spinning at the Retzlaff Winery The Scene: A winery in Livermore The People: Spinners and a few vendors The Wine: A Sauvignon Blanc The...

So, on Sunday I made the trek up to Nine Rubies in San Mateo for the Stash and Burn meet-up. Remember how I posted last year about my s...

First: Hollis is evil. Pure evil. First, she starts carrying Fleece Artist, and then she has the nerve to show me what she's knitt...

Per Angela's demands- er, requests, here are the pictures of what I bought at Stitches West 2007. I bought some yarn from Lisa Souza : ....