I recently discovered this book at my local library and liked so many of the patterns in it that I bought the book for myself. It’s full of easy and fun hat projects, most of which can be crocheted in an evening or two. The designer is Afya Ibomu. Her crocheted hats are popular with [...]

In one of my older posts, Pingouin Babies, I wrote about the many things I knit for my children when they were young, using Pingouin yarns.  I loved working with these yarns and was very disappointed when they became unavailable. I’ve had a number of comments, since that post, from readers asking about Pingouin yarn and pattern [...]

As part of my quest for new adventures in fibre, I’ve just completed this crocheted , tee shirt styled sweater.  I was skeptical about how it would turn out during the entire construction phase, half expecting that I’d be frogging it in the end and using this luscious yarn for a knitted sweater instead.  I’m [...]

25 pairs of liquid brown eyes, staring out at me from their cozy barn space, is a sight I will not soon forget.  A couple of weeks ago, on a cold April day, my daughter and I visited Peeter’s Pride Alpacas, just north of Edmonton, in Canada. Laurie Peeters, and her husband Pete, own 30 [...]

I have long avoided lace knitting, after a couple of experiences with very tricky patterns that left me with a pile of fine tangled yarn and major frustration. After reading Elizabeth Zimmermann’s advice, however, I’m now working on my 4th lace shawl, using the Einband Icelandic laceweight yarn available here schoolhouse press The trick, for [...]