So from now through December, I'm knitting ornaments from my patterns in my friend Rachel's yarn. Because the world is on fire and all I want to do is hibernate and completely ignore capitalism and commerce and the outside world and curl up inside with hot chocolate and yarn and blankets and kittens. But that's hard to do because of the aforementioned capitalism and commerce and things being on fire. And this is about as close as I can get to hibernating and still consider myself sufficiently industrious to deserve rest (and oh, oh if that's not a sentence that [...]

Hey so anyone hanging out with me over on Patreon (yes, even as a free member) can have Hoard as a little treat...wander over that way if you want to play!  

So the kits with the bags totally out during the Patreon preorder* (no really, in like 24 hours). Which is delightful! But I know that a bunch of folks were hoping to knit ornaments with me, and I was bummed that not everyone was going to be able to. So I talked with Rachel and we made a plan! I added an option with the bits & yarn & patterns for folks who want to play but missed out on the bags. Each kit will have six mini skeins of Ontheround's Plush single, two pairs of my very favorite tiny [...]

So I know you don't want to knit a swatch and check your gauge (or at least most of you don't, most of the time, for most projects). And I also know that getting gauge is how you make a knitted thing come out the size you want it to be, and that some knitted things really do need to be a specific size to be fit for purpose. These two truths exist in eternal tension. And I've mostly come to terms with that. Mostly...more or less...most of the time. Because there doesn't seem to be any other choice, and [...]

Sooooo, it looks like the kits with the bags are going to sell out before they get off Patreon have sold out. But dammit, I still want to show off these awesome scissors (because I'm going to be doing more things with them in the future). I don't know how to properly convey good scissor vs bad scissor without putting them in your hands and giving you something to cut, but a video is the closest I can do! I love these because they have enough room for my fingers (curses on tiny finger holes), they make a satisfying snick [...]

Sooooo I have a plan...I've figured out a way for folks who really really want the pouches (but maybe don't want a whole kit) to get them! This ties in nicely with my clever plan to knit as close to a tree full of ornaments as I possibly can between now and the holidays, and I think some of y'all are going to want to play along. Short version: Tomorrow (Thursday) morning I'll share a listing for the pouches on post on Patreon. There will be two options. Option 1: Stuff no yarn - this will have two pouches (one [...]

Remember the buttons I found on the side of the road? Yeah, well, I figured out what I'm going to do with (some of) them! We're clearly still in the draft and experiment stage of the proceedings here, but I'm pretty sure this is going to be glorious. Things I feel obliged to note (because I, for some reason, assume that any time I show anyone anything when it's not yet completely done that they will immediately spring up to point out all the things I should fix. And so feel as though I must, in turn, mention all those [...]