Processing Raw Fleece

Apart from actually shearing a sheep or wooly animal (hopefully I will get to do this someday), I have officially worked through the entire ...

Fiber Heaven

For my birthday, my mom gave me the best present in the world : a shopping spree at  The Artful Ewe , a wonderful yarn and fiber shop in...

Black Bean and Onion Socks

These are my wooly, slightly felted, super warm, comfy socks that I made with my black bean  and  onion  dyed handspun yarn! I've only ...

Natural Dyes: Black Beans

Who would have thought that black bean juice would dye yarn a beautiful shade of blue-grey? I had a really hard time capturing the color ...

Plying Yarn: Color Experiments!

After getting inspired by a book I came across on spinning variegated sock yarn, I just HAD to try it! The next step will be to learn to dy...

Natural Dyes: Onion Skins

Now that I've gotten the hang of  spinning  yarn, I've moved onto the next project: dyeing yarn! I was going to begin my experiment...

Katie Learns to Spin

When Ari and I took a  road trip last summer , we acquired a spinning wheel along the way, which Ari's stepmom generously gave to me ...