Preorders for the multi tool close Tuesday, October 27! That means that's the last day to order them and be sure they'll arrive in time for Christmas (and the last day to get the preorder bonus gauge card). You can find the preorder (and pretty much everything you might want to know about the cards) right over here. And if you want to watch a video of me playing with them, you can see that on either this post on instagram or this post on Patreon (it's a free public post, anyone can see it, it's the same video in [...]

The living room smelled like propane this morning, so I called the gas company. And while I waited for them to come see what was going on (and after opening all the windows and turning off the gas at the tank), I figure I'd hang out on the porch and mend a tiny little hole in this hat. And I thought I might as well flip on the camera and chat with y'all while I worked. So I did that and posted the video of it over on Patreon (it's a free public post, anyone can see it). There's literally [...]

I can't quite manage to have all of you come over for trick or treating (but just imagine the size of that bowl of candy...), but this seems like the next best thing. Anyone with any level of paid Patreon membership can have the Ensorcellment pattern for free from now through Halloween! You've totally got time to bang out a whole pile of these before the little ghoulies and ghosties show up on your porch. The pattern is out of retirement and up for sale on both ravelry and payhip as well (the retired patterns generally come back in November, [...]

I've talked a lot about the annoying, unreasonable sort of pills that indicate a lousy garment, poorly made (you can see the shoddy Madewell sweater saga over here, should you wish to do such a thing). But some pilling is just part of the life of a sweater. And today I was tidying up what seemed like completely reasonable case of pills, so it seemed only fair to show what reasonable pilling looks like (if you want to watch me do it and listen while I talk about it, you can see a video over here, it's a public post [...]

The time has come, winter draws near, we must raid the Strategic Cashmere Reserves (aka the pile of sweaters old sweaters that don't fit well at the back of the closet) and cut one down to make this year's pajama sweater. The pinking shears are honestly just because they don't get much use and I want to let them come out and play. The first few times I did this, I thought it would help prevent fraying/unraveling, but I've found over time it doesn't actually make much of a difference and nothing really comes undone, no matter what scissors I [...]

I have the weirdest favor to ask... It's time for me to reach out to yarn shops about the nifty little knitting multitool we're all so excited about. And while I caaaaan just send a bulk email about it, that's awkward as hell (I mean I've done it before for books, but ugh it's just never fun). It works so much better if I can say "I asked my people where they'd like to see these, and your loyal customer Barbara said she'd love it if you carried them." I have it on good authority that yarn stores don't mind [...]

TL;DR up top for anyone in a hurry: The preorder for the knitting multitools is open! You can find it right here. More info for folks who want all the details: I made these for the mail club this summer, everyone loved them and wanted more, so now I've made that happen. They pack a whole bunch of tools into a teeny tiny space, and I've never seen anything quite like them, so let me tell you all about them! They're sturdy metal cards, just a hair bigger than a credit card (about the size of a playing card, they [...]

TL;DR right up top for folks in a hurry: The metal tool cards are coming back! I've been getting constant requests for these since the summer, and I've finally found a place that can make what I want! In a day or two, I'll open a preorder. We're doing a preorder because production takes several weeks, and I want to be sure I get enough for everyone. I'll have a pack of two for $50 or a pack of five for $100. If you preorder in the first week, you'll get free bonus gauge cards (one with the two pack, [...]