So I’m beginning this new little series in January 2020, but it really reflects all of 2019. Going forward, each month will take a look at the preceding month’s projects. Although this month will be a bit different, because I’m going to take a second to look over some of my past projects of 2019. This was inspired by a…
In a discussion in the Wool ‘N Spinning slack group, there’s a lot of planning going down in making in 2020. There are some truly inspiring projects planned – from make nines to 20 in 2020. It got me thinking quite a bit, and reflecting on how I work. I think my method can be best called organized chaos. I…
In my previous post I discussed the idea of spinning for my first handspun sweater project. In this post I’m going to talk about the details a bit further. I’ll be discussing the specific steps I took, and relating them back to my Juniper sweater spin in 2018, but the general concepts can be applied not only to any sweater,…
In 2018 I decided to knit myself my first handspun sweater. The idea came about part way through the year, when I began to think of what I wanted my Tour de Fleece project to be. 2017 I had completed my first raw to finished project for Tour de Fleece (first time participating in the event too!), and I wanted…