Year of Projects, Year 2: Spinning, Take 1

This post contains affiliate links. I had a bit of a cliffhanger in my last Year of Projects update (you might have missed it since it was hidden between pictures of yarn): would I be able to take the Basic Dropspindling class at the North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival? It turns out that there was room for … Read more

Year of Projects, Year 2: North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival 2012

This post contains affiliate links. I scheduled today’s post because I’m teaching at the fourth annual North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival.   I had a great time last year, so I decided to return this year.  I taught a class on Friday and I’ll be teaching another one today. The festival is in Ridgewood, New Jersey … Read more

Year of Projects, Year 2: Therapeutic

 This post contains affiliate links. I guess that crocheted motifs are my go to project when I’m feeling stressed, which is how I managed to finish 9 during another busy week.   My running total of grannies for charity is now 25, so I have 27 more to go.  Let me tell you a little about … Read more

Year of Projects, Year 2: Return to square…15

This post contains affiliate links. After missing my YOP post last week, I wanted to have something new and amazing for this week’s post.  My first experiment with domino knitting didn’t produce much worthy of showing or discussing, so I decided to return to the trusty granny square. Since another YOP blogger, Robin from Crochet Nirvana, … Read more

Year of Projects, Year 2: Hanging in there

I’ve somehow made it through two marathon weeks at work (10-12 hour days, working on the weekends, etc.), but crochet and knitting (and blog reading) have been on the back burner.  Yesterday, I opened my Google Reader to find over 1,000 unread posts (!) and while I did get around to reading almost every YOP … Read more

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