The April AtoZ Blog Challenge is finished and I am quite proud to say that I did it! I had a few stumbles along the way and had to play catch up here and there, but I am still considering it a success. A few of my thoughts and reflections on this challenge, first what… Continue reading AtoZ Reflections

Yarn: My yarn choice today is 100% Pure Yak Down Bijou Spun by Bijou Basin Ranch. According the yarn page description, this fiber is Warmer than wool and softer than cashmere, this yarn is suitable for next-to-skin wear. Yak fiber is hypoallergenic, making it ideal for those with allergies to wool. All good things in my… Continue reading AtoZChallenge Y is for

Yarn: Almost unbelievably, I do not have any X yarn in my stash - not for a company, not for a colorway. I will be popping in to my LYS, Madison Wool, this morning to look for buttons. I will be looking for an X yarn - because now I feel like there is something… Continue reading AtoZ Challenge X is for

Yarn: I've already posted about how I think Cashmere is said (similar to Precioussss, a la Lord of the Rings), and today's yarn is said the same way. Wollmeise is a yarn that for a long time I only heard about. I never caught an update, and it was always spoken of with such reverence… Continue reading AtoZ Challenge W is for

Yarn: One of the most fun ways to enhance your stash is to make a big purchase with a friend and split it. Last year sometime, Betsy & I went in together on a grab bag from Webs, and this was part of my score. Valley Yarns in the Webs "house yarn" as it were.… Continue reading AtoZ Challenge V is for

Yarn: My yarn for the letter U was purchased mostly for the name, but also as retail therapy. I added this skein of  Ultra Violet Catastrophe, on the Continuum base, of String Theory Colorworks back when Team Violet was forming after learning about my niece and her complicated heart issues. I have used String Theory… Continue reading AtoZ Challenge U is for

Yarn: This is the Thistle colorway of Miss Priss from Schaefer Yarn Company. I started sample and test knitting just over six years ago, and my first projects were for Schaefer (Laurel Tunic, Baby Bolero, Chill Chaser). I was paid for my knitting time in yarn which did wonders for my stash! I tried to… Continue reading AtoZ Challenge T is for

Yarn: Sadly, the yarn I selected for this S post has been discontinued. Sockotta, from Plymouth Yarn, was one of the first sock yarns I used to knit socks - and I still have those socks! This is the yarn I have used to make different HeartCats, it works up so nicely and had wonderful… Continue reading AtoZ Challenge S is for