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I think friends are very, very important. Nothing in life can compare to the knowledge that someone understands you and cares about you. Despite having moved a bit in my life, I definitely consider myself lucky enough to have a couple of those friends spattered throughout North America. One friend in particular [...]

Just a quick note to the test knitters for the Aquaphobia socks, I made a super quick edit on the numbers in the short row section. I thought I better mention it in case you printed out the pattern to work from. Thanks!

I designed this pattern to help with hand-dyed yarns that tend to pool. The slipped stitches help to break-up the visual lines and swirls and create a firm fabric. Baby cables up each side of the foot help add elasticity to the slipped-stitch pattern while the bottom of the sock is worked plain to reduce [...]

Here it is, as promised, the quickie FO. It’s the Foliage hat from Knitty. I actually don’t think the Knitty patterns are that great most of the time, but when I saw this hat I thought it would suit some of my first hand dyed and wheel spun yarn. The pattern [...]

I have completed a couple more things this weekend that were nagging at me and now I feel like I can focus on completing even more things that are nagging at me.
For some reason when I get my fibre of the month selections I feel like I need to spin them right away. It [...]