Earlier this month I was SO excited to get to meet and learn from Marie Greene of Olive Knits in person at the Inaugural Flying Needles Knitting Retreat right here in Williamsburg, Virginia! I've "known" Marie online for a while now via some mutual interests, but it wasn't until I found out that she'd be teaching a class here that I had even the remotest interest in knitting a sweater. I actually messaged her to see if I would still benefit from her class as a crocheter, ha h

This, my dear friends, is THE END of this amazing yarn club. What a fun little adventure it has been! But it's not actually over for me, as I will continue working on designs for the yarns I still haven't used yet from the club, including the piece you'll get to see me wearing in this video! The final shipment for this club is a little bit different from what we've seen before, as it's a variegated yarn. Why the switch from solid and tonal colors? Because the story wouldn't h

Y'all. I know planned color pooling is too hot for its own good right now. And I know that I just shared another color pooling project with you. But this? This is EXTREME color pooling! Karen Robinson of Round Table Yarns brewed up a wickedly delicious self striping yarn for Halloween and even though I knew I wouldn't be making socks out of her sock yarn, I've been wanting to play with one of her self striping colorways for some time now! So, enter Tarn Wathelene: Mmm. Just l

Only one shipment left! *cries* I know, I'm super behind with the designing I had planned to go along with this yarn club, but I'm still so sad to see the end coming! She may have saved the best for last, though, because this month's yarn is just dreamy. D R E A M Y, y'all! It's definitely a luxurious feeling yarn and I adore the color it came in, too! I have a couple ideas for this one, but they're going to need some dedicated creative time to get properly fleshed out. In th

Since the crazy reaction to my last color pooling project, which turned into an unexpected pattern, which turned into a CLASS at my LYS, I've been playing with color more than usual. Marina, the shop owner at Yarn Matters, and I were perusing their yarns in stock for additional options for potential students and we landed on a super yummy blend from Malabrigo called Silky Merino. It's 51% silk and 49% merino wool and BONUS, it's a Z twist yarn, which means it's perfect for cr

Well, I must say that the final third of the Tristan and Isolde Yarn Club has begun with a bang! The yarn that Karen sent for this installment of the story is a new colorway dyed on a favorite base and I'm excited to crochet with it! I have the seed of a slightly rebellious design plan creeping it's way in and if it works I think it might just be my favorite new scarf. But before I give too much away, I'll let you take a look for yourself! SPOILER ALERT! Picture of YARN below

Two. Thirds. Through. *cries* I just can't believe it! The Tristan and Isolde Yarn Club has been so fun and so inspiring - I have been spending SO much more time designing and I love it! It's been a challenge and no, I haven't totally kept up, ha ha (there's that one pesky skein of Isolde that I STILL haven't figured out what to do with yet) but overall I've kept the ball rolling pretty well. In fact, I have a FO to show off with last month's yarn! Pattern is in the works and

We are officially on the downhill side of the Tristan and Isolde Yarn Club and I am SO. SAD! It's been so much fun!

Eeeek! Y'all I am SO excited about this! A couple months ago I caught sight of the most intriguing image in my Instagram feed. It simply said, "Who will be Chosen? Signups Now Open at Brew City Yarns" with a caption reading, "Muggles beware..." !!! I wasn't the only one clamoring for more information, either. I soon learned that Brew City Yarns was creating Harry Potter themed House Sorting Kits and I HAD to get in on one! Of course, I already knew which House I belonged in (

Wow. I am LATE with this one! Sick kid and busy husband and tired mommy just don't equal enough energy for filming, though, unfortunately. So with only the tiniest of peeks, because come on, who's THAT disciplined!? I waited until I was able to film this past weekend finally to play with the yarn. And y'all it's SO pretty! But I'll tell you more about that later! The upside of the delay in filming was that I was able to wear (and show off, ha ha) the cowl that was my original

Shipment number three has arrived! I can't believe we're already a third of the way through this yarn club. Sad face? But it's been fun so far, so I can't be sad! I've already released one new pattern and I will actually have TWO patterns using yarn from the second shipment, so this little journey has already been quite the inspiration! Thus far, I am nothing but impressed with the yarn I've received from Karen Robinson of Round Table Yarns and this month's yarn is no excepti

It's here, it's here, it's here! Shipment number two (of nine) in the Tristan and Isolde Yarn Club from Round Table Yarns!

So I stumbled across this gorgeous photo of a yummy looking teal blue yarn with dried flowers as I was scrolling through my instagram feed one night - it was some ridiculous hour of the night and I couldn't sleep because I'd gone to bed at seven with the baby because I was exhausted and then I woke up a couple hours later, the rest of my night doomed because I'd tried to go to bed early. How does that even make sense!? But I digress. Back to the yarn. THIS yarn! Something abo

Gah! Y'all I am SO excited about this! I've been wanting to try out a yarn club for some time now, but when this one came along I knew it was time to take the plunge! Karen Robinson, owner of Round Table Yarns, is hosting what is looking to be an amazing yarn club journey and I knew as soon as I signed up that I had to share this experience with you! So I'll be filming my "unboxings" of each club shipment for the next nine months. Well, eight now, I guess, since this is the f

Y'all. I feel like... I suck at life right now. Just. Ugh! Sounds like a funny time to come back to my blog, right? Maybe. But maybe not. See, my latest "adventure" is yarny in nature, plus, well, maybe writing will be therapeutic. It's supposed to be, right? So. Let me share my woes. Yesterday I decided it sounded like a good idea to jump on the Caron Cakes bandwagon. Have you heard about this yarn yet? Long, vibrant color variations, fun names, and soft and squishy. Like ca

​ The fourth and final day! Sad face. Only two shops left! My dear and darling husband agreed to drive me back to Austin since we had plans to check out the Just Between Friends sale in Georgetown that morning anyway, so off we went! He's been wanting me to make him a Fibonacci scarf for some time anyway, so I told him we could find him some nice yarn if he was willing to tag along. After the JBF sale, where we got three books, four sleepers, three onesies with two pairs of m

Day three was my extreme yarn crawling day. Well, sort of. It didn't end up being quite as extreme as I hoped as I didn't make it to all seven of the shops that were still on my list - but I did get to five of them! 330 miles of driving over an eleven plus hour period and I was toast by the end of the day. But I got to see lots and lots of yarn! I left about 8:00 and made a beeline for the farthest shop from me: The Yarn Barn of San Antonio. It's located in the downtown area

Yesterday I embarked on the first leg of my very first yarn crawl. There was one in Colorado I eyed a couple times, but didn't ever get to, so when I learned about the Hill Country Yarn Crawl (the best little yarn crawl in Texas, they say) I decided it was time to see what it was all about! I mean, I've heard of pub crawls, and even done one once, in fact, but a yarn crawl? Seems logistically challenging at the least. And perhaps it is. But it's a great way to get to know a l

First real blog post in oh... two years, maybe more? It ought to be about one of the greatest fiber arts events ever, right!? Okay, okay, maybe not the greatest one EVER since this was the first Stitches, TX event, but it was pretty great for me - it was just the kick in the pants I needed to get started blogging again! Amongst many other things. Let's begin! Early on Thursday, September 17th, I got up, shoved some food in my face, did my last minute packing, and threw way to