I first discovered Philsophers Wool a few years ago, when I stumbled upon a book of their Fair Isle sweater patterns in a library in Colorado. Since then I’ve admired them for their commitment to producing local, natural, and fair trade yarns–unlike most wool buyers, Philosophers Wool pays farmers a fair price for their [...]
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A visit to Philosophers Wool
Posted in knitting, spinning, sustainability, yarn stores, tagged philosophers wool on July 22, 2008 | No Comments »
brief update
Posted in finished object, knitting, spinning, yarn stores on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Clearly I deserve some sort of award for Blog Neglect, but the briefest of updates as to my goings-on in fibre arts these days:
- More classes at Ariadne;
- Potential involvement in an upcoming issue of Twist Collective;
- Devoting time to building an inventory to sell at Puces Pop this October (hopefully);
- Handpainted spinning fibre. [...]
New class! Intermediate spinning
Posted in spinning, teaching, yarn stores on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m excited to say that I will be teaching an intermediate level spinning class, Spin 102, at Ariadne Knits in June. Having taught a lot of people the basics of spinning, I’m happy the lovely ladies of Ariadne are having me back for a workshop on fine-tuning your spinning skills: it’ll cover different [...]
I love teaching!
Posted in spinning, yarn stores on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Seriously, I do. I’ve taught two classes at Ariadne Knits so far, with another scheduled for early May and more in the works. The response from my students has been overwhelmingly positive and I’ve loved being able to share the craft with others. I’ve noticed that people generally start out the class [...]
sharing the knowledge
Posted in ravelry, spinning, yarn stores on March 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
For a while I’ve noticed that there aren’t a lot of opportunities to learn to spin in this region, which surprised me given this area’s long history of fibre arts activities. There are a couple of guild-affiliated classes around, but they tend to be expensive and offered more for guild members rather than the [...]
babies everywhere! (and Ariadne Knits)
Posted in finished object, knitting, ravelry, yarn stores on January 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I have so many friends who are having kids right now (and oddly, all of them have had girls so far), so it’s bootie/baby sock mania for me. I found this pattern for lacy baby socks and quickly knit up this pair:
The pattern calls for size 0 needles and the smallest I have are [...]
