• CraftyJAKS: May 2019 // Charollais

    May has been a busy month so I decided to break down the gradient batt that Katrina prepared this month and spin the Charollais fibre end-to-end, with a little pre-drafting for smooth spinning, while working my…

  • warping a rigid heddle on a board.

    Although I sold my 32″ Rigid Heddle to a dear friend, I decided to warp up my small Knitter’s Sample-It loom (11″ weaving width) with the yarn I’d spun for the Crafty Jak’s Fibre Club installment…

  • Episode 78 Live: Singles, washing fleece & POP! blanket progress

    Thank you for tuning in this week! We joined together on Saturday morning for a Live Stream with the Patreon subscribers – thank you to everyone who made it! I appreciate your enthusiasm so much. To…

  • Episode 58: Making mistakes, starting new & books

    Another week –  where did February go?! Thank you for tuning in this week! Thank you to everyone who continues to tune in, welcome to new viewers and especially to our Patreon subscribers. Episode 2 of…

  • calling all the singles!

    I may never spin any yarn, ever again. Any yarn, that is, except singles. Oh, and maybe corespun. But not any other yarns ever again. Singles only from now on! I have to confide something to…

  • I thought I would just stop in quickly this week while we are in the midst of fighting off bugs and flu to show you what I’ve been working on in the evenings. This isn’t going…