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...

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.