Suan Knits

My spinning homework for March Before: a jumbled pile of Merino fiber from Ashland Bay After: 2 skeins of jeweltone Merino yarn Befor...

I caved in It was just too much pressure. I read Jared Flood's blog. You see, aside from being a gifted photographer and knitwear desi...

I'm an avid reader of Anne Hanson's blog, Knitspot . She has some stunning patterns for lace and socks. One day, I read about the ...

An earthquake happened last night, in Japan, with an 8.9 magnitude on the Richter scale. A 23-foot tsunami followed almost immediately. Hug...

In search of... the perfect podcast. Okay, so here goes. I went to iTunes and did a search for "fiber podcast". I came across t...

Half a century Yes, my friends and those 7 people that read my blog, I turned 50 yesterday, March 6th. Man, just hearing that number makes ...

I've succumbed ...to knitting the Cobblestone pullover by Brooklyn Tweed. The Electric Sheep keeps talking about it, how easy it is to...

I was at Joann's when I saw these 2 lonely skeins of chunky yarns. They're 100% acrylic but very soft, the Debra Norville brand call...

Why I listen to British podcasts ...more than I listen to US made podcasts: 1. I love love the accent 2. I like the dry sense of humor 3....

This creamy goodness is the cormo/silk blend I bought at Lambtown years ago and never spun. Thanks to this Spindlicity spin-along, I am get...

Two more podcasts I found via the Hoxton Handmade website. One is Cast-on. The podcaster is an American knitter who now lives in Wales. ...

I can't get over this podcast thing. I love listening to audio books while I'm knitting. The local library has a ton of downloadab...

Joel took the day off last Friday and we were able to go to San Francisco and visit the Exploratorium. Now, we go to San Francisco quite of...

I am knitting another Thermis cowl, a very addicting pattern. Once in a while, you get those kinds of patterns, once knitted, you want more....

What am I knitting now? A neckwarmer called Thermis! Neckwarmers, sometimes called Cowls, are those thingies that go over your head and re...

I finished this scarf weeks ago. Fun and easy to knit. The yarn was one of Debra Norville's acrylics which doesn't feel like acryli...

Below is the handspun black and white Jacob wool, spun chunky. I must admit I get bored spinning tiny laceweight yarn. Spinning chunky is n...

11 months from the day my mom passed away, her one and only brother succumbed to cancer as well. Uncle Estoy passed away Jan 20th, in the P...

okay, so I am spinning again. Here's what I plan to spin this month: My purple handcarded batt, a mix of some unknown superwash wool an...

The new year is what we make of it. I can say that 2010 sucked for me. We lost our mom and mom-in-law. But what do I know? Everything ha...