My self designed, alpaca stole is complete. The free pattern can be downloaded here Hestia Alpaca Stole This stole is knit with 100% Alpaca yarn, purchased from Fibre Friends on Vancouver Island, in Canada. They can be reached at: Fibre Friends@shaw.ca . The colour is a rich, undyed, natural dark brown . This island farm [...]

Our school knitting club has moved onto the next level of knitting adventure. After making many headbands, wristbands and little purses, our students have decided to knit for charity. When we suggested knitting 6″x6″ squares for a blanket, which they could donate to a charity of their choice, they couldn’t get their squares cast on [...]

My Dog Paw Shawl is coming along beautifully, but not perfectly. The directions, from Spin Off magazine http://www.camillavalleyfarm.com/books/spinoff.htm give just the first 20 rows or so of the pattern, in chart form, and then tell you to “continue pattern as established”. I’m a fairly experienced knitter but I haven’t had a lot of success with [...]

  Imagine you’re a 9 year old girl, living with your older brother and your dad. Mom has been gone since you were a year old, lost to the downward spiral of drugs and prostitution. Dad works long hours at a restaurant to put food on the table and pay the rent on your small [...]