Shop Update: Clean and Dirty
When we think of spring, we all picture clean colours: the clear blue of cloudless sky, the bright shades of new flowers, and new grass sprouting up through the earth. But what we actually get is a little dirtier than that: grumpy dark skies, rain-soaked puddles and lots of mud, and days that can’t decide [...]
A Surprising Yarn for Summer Knitting
Note from the SpaceCadet: My friend Natalie (peacethrufiber on Ravelry and Twitter) is a fantastic knitter and spinner who creates amazing garments with yarns she spins almost exclusively on spindles. The SpaceCadet and I were talking the other day about summer knitting and summer yarn. She asked me what I knit with most during the [...]
Pattern RollCall: The Knits You Loved at HSYP!
At HomeSpun Yarn Party, we had finished two pieces that got so many comments, so many questions, so many compliments, that I knew they had to be showcased in a Pattern Rollcall! Paint the Sky The first was the Paint the Sky wrap by Susan Wolcott of Y2Knit, a beautiful rectangular scarf with delicate yarn [...]
Welcome to Monday! No, Tuesday. No… Wait…
Is it Wednesday already? Wednesday?!? Ach! I meant to blog yesterday! Errr… I mean Monday. And do a shop update. Have I done the shop update?!? It’s been crazy here the past week. There are only a few days left before Homespun Yarn Party and we are working like mad to finish the dyeing and [...]
InterStellar Yarn Alliance Launch Winner!
The response to the SpaceCadet’s InterStellar Yarn Alliance Launch contest was FANTASTIC! I so enjoyed reading all your comments, and seeing all your posts on Ravelry. Thank you all so much for participating! I have just run the numbers through Random.org‘s online random number generator and it has chosen a winner. BUT, before I tell [...]
A Book to Forever Change Your Sock Knitting
Note from the SpaceCadet: My friend Amy (DPUTiger on Ravelry) is a knitting teacher, a quilter, and a newly-minted weaver. And she’s been kind enough to write a series of posts about her favourite ways to start new sock knitters on their journey… I’m back – finally! — for the final installment in this Sock [...]
