Karie Westermann fills her blog with the sort of thoughtful writing that is rarely seen on knitting blogs, and her most recent post has given me more than usual to chew on. Enough to actually bring my own blog out of hibernation and write my own thoughts in response. Bear with me, I get worse. Meta-analysis of subcultures is a tricky thing to pin down, but if we limit it to .

Is the portal for discovering artisan yarns, fiber, patterns, notions and accessories. Jennifer of Spirit Trail Fiberworks recently had a shop update. Brooke of Fully Spun, who dyes wool roving and has it mill spun into handspun, just had a shop update.

Sunday, 10 May 2015. You might have thought that by my age I would have grown out of the excitement that follows the delivery of a parcel but some parcels reward my undignified glee. Underneath the cool and rather sophisticated exterior something was hiding. And here it is - four beautiful samples of yarn from a company that is new to me, Yarn Stories. Overall I was pleased with this yarn.

Mikä on Missä neuloimme kerran? Sunnuntai 1. Päästetäänkö itsemme tänä vuonna vähällä, sanoivat. Ei neulota salapaketteja toisillemme etukäteen, vaan pakkoKAListellaan porukalla kämmekkäät. Se on paljon rennompaa, sanoivat. Okei, jos rehellisiä ollaan, niin olin itse mukana sanomassa näitä kaikkia. Mutta sanoipa sen kuka tahansa, olivat kaikki väärässä, sanon minä nyt. Tukuwool Fingering, 35 g. Porukalla löydettiin hyvissä ajoin kerrassaa.

Mosaic floor at the National Gallery, London. A few years ago I started keeping a very informal gratitude journal.

How to read my patterns. This blog post is especially for some of the ladies on the Love Crochet CAL Facebook Group. My patterns are written as logical as I can make them, so here is my explanation. I normally start of with a photo of a finished motif, so you can see what your finis.