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Monday, March 2, 2026
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Friday, February 27, 2026
Springlike
The sun was already up when I stepped outside the door this morning.
I let the goats out of the pen, cleaned the goat house, and fed the animals.
It feels like spring - a breezy 60°- as I settled down outside with my daily notebook and a cup of coffee.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Special Request
On Tuesday I received a special request from Lil Mama for a baby hat in pink to match Joel's newborn beenie. I replied, "Yes, Mama, for you - anything❤️".
I searched on Ravelry for baby hat patterns and found Melissa Simpson's, "Be Kind", a 3x2 ribbed beenie. Perfect.
Searched my yarn stash and found a pink ball of the Oh-So-Soft Leche yarn. Perfect again.
Yesterday I cast on 70 stitches for the newborn size, 14 inches. Tiny hat makes for quick knitting.
Last night I tried out a couple of big pom poms with the Clover Pom Pom Maker.
Meh. I decided the big pom poms were a bit much for the newborn hat and I didn't care for the scratchy (squeaky!) acrylic yarn.
For the top of the hat I added a simple "umbical" i-cord with a knot.
A nice bath in SOAK Scentless.
Ready for baby*.
*Baby is due to arrive in May, for some reason I thought it was March. Hehe
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Monday, February 23, 2026
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Ply a Bit
I spent a little bit of quality time yesterday with the Hansen miniSpinner.
The Inglenook Fibers Mushroom Blend sampler (spun on Supported Spindles) is now a 2-ply yarn and ready to be skeined off the Woolee Winder bobbin.
Friday, February 20, 2026
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Potholder Revisited
Picked up the small 7" Potholder loom again for more Continuous-Strand weaving. My goal was to weave a thicker potholder.
The earlier potholders were made with 2-strands of cotton yarn held together for both warp and weft. (Remember: Two-strands of yarn goes around the potholder "peg" thereby doubling the yarn to 4-strands in each row.) The potholders work nicely as a rug mug or trivet but seemed flimsy when carrying a hot pot.
The first sample was warped with 2-strands then I added an additional weft strand when I started to weave. The 2-warp/3-weft resulted in a nice firm cloth. I counted twenty-seconds before I could feel the heat from a hot stove when I tested it for heat resistance.
Next I wove 3-strands for both warp and weft. It made a very dense, stiff cloth with almost thirty-seconds of heat resistance on a hot stove.
I was hoping I would like making the 3-warp/3-weft potholder. I gave it my best shot but decided that weaving with 3-strands was not a pleasurable experience: it was easy to make mistakes (skips) and the last few rows were a challenge with the tight tension. It was just not fun.
Instead I opted to weave the potholders with 2-strands of warp/3-strands of weft.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Lantern Ready
We're having wild weather this evening.
Hail 6:41 pm
The Man has the Coleman lantern ready to go.
Monday, February 16, 2026
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Friday, February 13, 2026
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Socks To Go
Cast on a new pair of socks with Regia yarn, "Happy in Pink" colorway.
This new pair will accompany me tomorrow to the Guild SLO meeting so I can keep my hands busy knitting - around and around - while I enjoy this month's presentation:
“SAKIORI WEAVING” with Amanda Robinette. Sakiori (which simply means ‘rag-
weaving’) was a technique practiced by the Japanese peasant class for 200 years.
For cultural and environmental reasons, they developed this art to produce warm
clothes, not rugs as is more typical in the Western style of rag weaving. This talk
will explore how to implement Sakiori techniques to produce practical, beautiful
results.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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