I knit. I spin. I live. I write about it.
When I used to think of a Himalayan Summit, I didn’t think cozy. My thoughts would go to ice and avalanches and crampons. Leave it to Bijou Basin Ranch to defy conventional thinking though and completely revolutionize what I think of when I hear the words “Himalayan Summit’. Now, I think of this… 50% Tibetan […]
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Many moons ago, I got this yarn in the mail from Mountain Meadow Wool, the last installment of a 3-month Legacy Yarn Club subscription. It is Mountain Meadow Wool’s Mountain Down, a 25% hand-pulled bison from Durham Ranch and 75% Mountain Merino from Camino Ranch, both in Wyoming. My family and I are definitely unnaturally into […]
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It’s a well-known fact that I have a love of American wool, especially that which is sourced from family farms. The opportunity to try out Shepherd’s Lamb Rambouillet for a yarn review, therefore, was just too good to pass up. Shepherd’s Lamb wools come from a family owned and operated ranch in New Mexico. They […]
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In May, I finally ordered my first yarn from Barrett Wool Co, Susan B. Anderson’s yarn company. I don’t know why, but I hadn’t really been in a rush to try it until I saw the Wildflowers Cap pattern in Making Magazine & then noticed the subsequent kit from Barrett Wool Co. It combined my […]
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Well, my friends, it has been 10 days since I sat down to write here. Honestly, it feels like it’s been 10 days since I sat down. Of course, that’s an exaggeration, but I’ve been on a warpath to clean and organize and declutter our home in anticipation of our upcoming move. I’m happy to […]
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