As I mentioned on Tuesday, there isn’t much going on with me. This seemed liked a good time for the 2025 knitting update. You might not care about what I have knitted in the last year, but it was an especially productive summer of knitting for me. I started the year by finishing my Qiviut …
From Knit Bits
Wool Gathering at Young’s Dairy
On September 20 I attended the Wool Gathering at Young’s Dairy. This was the 29th Wool Gathering. I have thought about going previously, but went to the Autumn Fiber Festival in Mansfield or the Great Lakes Fiber Show in Wooster instead. When my hip replacement surgery was scheduled for October 8, I knew the Autumn …
Jelly Roll Placemats
While we were in Ohio, I wove a set of Jelly Roll Placemats. I was only intending to warp the loom, weave a little bit, and then bring the warped loom to Cumberland Gap. But I had so much fun weaving the placemats that I finished them before we left Ohio. I found the instructions …
Doodle Decks by the Pacific Knit Company
While in Ohio, I made a stop at my favorite local yarn shop, The Yarnologist. Misty had posted on Facebook about Doodle Decks and I wanted to check them out. I love to knit stranded colorwork. It is fun to watch patterns take shape as I mix in colors and follow a chart. Following a …
2024 Knitting Update: Socks and Hats
2024 knitting was very productive and fun. I had a chance to get some yarns from their places of origin. Two knitting groups inspired me: one on the cruise ship and one with my (finally!) new local yarn shop. I finished a big project and completed several smaller ones. And I raised money for cancer …
Knit Every Day in November Challenge
During November I participated in the Knit Every Day in November Challenge for the American Cancer Society. Almost 12,000 people joined the challenge to knit every day to raise money for cancer. The fundraiser was through Facebook, and I was a little leery at first. But I did my research and decided it was a …
Yarnologist and Whimsical Wool Gallery
In my constant search for a local yarn shop, I recently visited Yarnologist and Whimsical Wool Gallery. These two new shops relatively close to me both opened in April, 2024. When I got back from Europe, I visited both in the same week, so it was easy to compare them. I’ll start with Whimsical Wool …
Rust Belt Fibershed
I recently attended at talk by the organizer of the Rust Belt Fibershed, sponsored by the Central Ohio Weaving and Fiberarts Guild. I joined the Guild in 2022 and manage to get to one or two meetings a year, usually when they have speakers I want to hear. Living sustainably is important to me, although …
2023 Weaving: A Little Loomy
Although the name of this post is 2023 Weaving, I am going to cover the last 18 months of weaving because I haven’t written much about it for a while. I have been very busy weaving a variety of things with one ambitious project and lots of the same old thing. Last year, when Tom …
2023 Knitting Update
This is my 2023 knitting update, although I haven’t really been knitting enough to have much of an update. This summer, especially, was a bad time for knitting. I usually knit when I am watching television and we went four months without television. Which meant four months with only a couple of national park hats …