The Pursuit of Craftiness

San Francisco was wonderful. A bit stressful with the scary news that the cat was ill, but still wonderful. Despite having been to the SF Bay Area...

My second attempt at weaving twill has not gone according to plan, and surprise! The result is still pretty cool. I was attempting to do Halvorsen...

Dandy was doing much better, and then things took a nasty turn. His blood work on Monday was relatively normal for a cat with CRF, and I thought I...

I had the opportunity to visit Portland, Oregon last week. It couldn't have been more lovely. We walked around all over the city, ate a lot of gre...

Yesterday was truly crap-tastic around these parts. Sweetie's rental car was the victim of a surprise attack by a parking lot post (and our travel...

I thought I'd share a quick explanation of the first few phases of the process known as "warping." Warping is the process of getting yarn measured...

After my little kvetch-fest about the nubs yarn, I feel it's my duty to share a spinning project that actually went well. This one's a re-use proj...

The post I wish I was writing about this yarn goes something like this: "I tried a new spinning technique this weekend at it was great! I'm so gla...

These tender green shoots are making me deeply happy. I bought several packs of gourd seeds on last October's trip to Yunnan province. By "pack," ...

With Spring nearly here and weather conditions in Qinghai improving, I'm starting to prepare for my next visit to the Spinners at the end of April...

As promised, here's the crochet version of the cowl design. Crocheted textiles tend to have more body than knitted textiles, and this cowl can be ...

My first kit project is done! This button-up cowl is made with two colors from the Spring yarn palette, plus two colors of Shokay's 100% yak Shamb...