• Episode 68: Shoreline

    Thank you for joining me this week! Welcome to all and thank you especially to all Patreon subscribers of the show. You are the ones who keep the show on the air week after week! This…

  • norah sparkles

    Recently, Norah asked for some new sweaters to add to her ‘collection’ – she has a drawer full of hand knit sweaters from when James was a baby and I knit quite a few then for…

  • playful stripes

    Recently, we traveled on the ferry to see my family, who live on Vancouver Island. The night before, as I was packing to get ready to go, Norah asked for the first time ever to wear…

  • Episode 53: Mardi gras, tiny cardigan & more colour

    Thank you for tuning in this week! I chat about my newest spin in progress from Kinfolk Yarn & Fibre, a teaser is shared about Wool n’ Spinning Radio, a cardigan for Norah from some old…

  • Mammoth of a project. For real.

    There is something very satisfying about clearing off the needles and finishing up projects that have languished a long time. One of those projects is this one but not because it was on the needles for…

  • sweater knitting.

    Over the years, I have knit many many sweaters*. And I’ve made tons of mistakes: Yarn too dense for a pattern, yarn knit at too dense a gauge, yarn knit at too loose a gauge, wrong pattern…

  • a waltz.

    After my previous post about this yarn, I got to thinking about why most projects have some area of angst or turmoil about them. If I can see that turmoil through by letting it be, leaving…