• Episode 57: Waxing poetic and resurrecting a sweater, combo spinning & teasers

    Thank you for tuning in this week! Thank you especially to new viewers, returning viewers and our Patreon subscribers. The second episode of Wool n’ Spinning Radio has been released and if you are interested in…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Episode 49: Little Scallops

    Thank you for tuning in this week! We are still fighting the plague but we are starting to feel better and get back on our feet. The sickest now is little Norah but she’s starting to…

  • crossbreed wool

    As spinners and knitters (and weavers and … ), we are often very concerned about the ‘breed’ of our fibre. It’s natural with all of the recent information out there about wool, production and environmental impacts,…

  • 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…