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...

Hatstravaganza

I've been enjoying experimenting with fair-isle knitting. I spent a lot of our recent vacation to the midwest in front of air condition...

Evergreen Craft Fair

Sometimes I need reminders that making and selling knitted items is not a very profitable business venture. Still, it was fun, and I sco...

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 ...

Wacky Felted Basket

If you don't know my housemate Genevieve, she is a wonderful, wild, and wacky lady. For her birthday, I made her this felted basket to ...

Fibonacci Scarf and Prime Factorization Hat

What do you knit for a mathematician that is aesthetically pleasing and also intellectually interesting? Voila! For Ari's birthday I mad...

Yarn Scrap Gift Bags

A great way to use up yarn scraps is to make little gift bags, and fill them with chocolate! The recipient gets to eat chocolate and have c...

Ear Flap Hats

I've been really into knitting people earflap hats lately. They are quick, fun, and have a lot of room for creativity and personalizatio...

Fair-Isle Knitting Experiments

I stumbled upon this book in a yarn shop in Port Townsend the other day, and I just had to have it. I've always enjoyed color work, b...

Jewish Christmas Stocking

Our family's christmas stockings all look the same and have for generations. Ari and I shared our holiday traditions with each other th...

Grandma's Mittens

Another project designed to help me use up scraps. Also, I lined these with micro fleece for extra warm-coziness.

Peacock Feathers

This year for the  Procession of the Species  in Olympia, I tried my hand at batik, and handmade my feathers for my peacock costume. Batik ...

Dinosaur Purse

I tried to make Ari some silly dinosaur socks, but they weren't stretchy enough. So, the project turned into a little dinosaur bag. Kin...

Funky Gloves

I was commissoned to make these gloves for Linn, the owner of the wonderful and whimsical  Ear Candy Arts . I wanted to make something in t...

Pi Earrings

Good earrings to have for a nerdy occasion, I made them for  Pi Day , particularly to impress a nerdy boy. Needless to say, it worked like ...