Madelinetosh Yarn Club, Reader’s Edition: Fantasy

I treated myself to a subscription to Madelinetosh’s 2023 quarterly yarn club, both because I’m loving trying themed yarn colorways and because this year’s theme is the “reader’s edition”! Each box comes with 2 skeins and 1 “book-centric gift”: I am most looking forward to August because I love mysteries, but February’s theme of “fantasy” […]
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Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom

My exposure to weaving throughout my life has been fairly limited. I remember going to the house of one of my parents’ friends and being shown a beautiful floor loom (and getting to try it out). I was fairly young (definitely younger than 13, maybe even younger than 10). That probably formed my basic conception […]
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My First Foray into Flatbed Knitting Machines

I have often found myself impatient with hand knitting. While I enjoy the process of knitting, I also like the output (and I an not a particularly speedy knitter). Other than socks (which have sometimes taken over a year to complete), I have not completed a hand knit garment (in spite of wanting to). The […]
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