I made 20 masks using a video how-to, and I thought I was going to go out of my mind. The method was way too fiddly and there wasn’t any way …
Commercial fiber
Spinrite Yarn Tent Sale 2019
A friend told me about the tent sale at the Spinrite factory in Washington, North Carolina. I've lived here for more than 20 years, and I …
Honeymoon Socks
I don't have enough knitting left on my Engagement Socks to carry me through a week on a motorcycle, and the Purple Lace Shawl is too big to …
Purple Lace Shawl
In the course of buying every interesting skein of yarn that crossed my path to make poms and lilies for my wedding, I found five balls of …
Engagement Socks
I carried a ball of Not in My Name sock yarn from Black Trillium Fibers to a motorcycle rally in Maggie Valley in June 2017. It was our …
Review: Jinny Beyer’s Color Confidence For Quilters (Paperback)
For anyone who works with "other people's" colors (that is, NOT painters and people who make their own colors). The book can help move …
Not in My Name sock yarn
Black Trillium fiber is donating $10 to the ACLU for every skein of Not in My Name hand-dyed yarn sold. I bought a skein of sock yarn, to …
Sugar’n Cream
I found a bag of mixed yarns at the thrift shop the other day. Two skeins of a ribbon with a matching ball of highly textured yarn, one …
Review: Amy Butler’s Blossom: Create Love – Express Beauty – Be Kind
Amy Butler's Blossom caught my eye in a bookstore and I bought it based on the five star reviews. I'm happy with the book, and I collect …
Review: Florence Broadhurst: Her Secret & Extraordinary Lives
Definitely--judge Florence Broadhurst: Her Secret and Extraordinary Lives by its cover! As pictured, the white-stripe is a paper …