A number of scarves have occupied my knitting needles as of late, including an old favorite (Wollemi Pine Scarf) and two of four new designs that will form part of my French Suite of Scarves.

Learning to spin and ply yarn on an Ashford Traditional Spinning Wheel.  This will require a lot of practice, but is a fun and relaxing endeavor.

Debby Brady is the owner of my favorite local yarn shop, Twist Knitting & Spinning.  Debby recently relocated her shop from New Hope to a larger home in nearby Lahaska, a quaint, historic village in Bucks County, PA.

My Gridded Kitchen Towel is finished and blocked.  It has a very nice pattern and texture, but I’m not at all happy.  Why?  The yarn is not colorfast and the colors bled when I blocked the finished towel.  Grrrrr!

Short rows add fulness and shaping to our knitted fabric, but they pose a technical challenge.  Each short row creates a gap (hole) in the fabric at the ends of the short row and the immediately preceeding row. Learn how to bridge the gap.

Do you love hats?  Do you love to knit your own hats?  If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, then take a look at Cloche Divine, a creative hat pattern by knitwear designer Meghan Jones.

Wishing Star Hill Alpacas is a farm in Alburtis, PA, with a small herd of Huacayas, three Anatolian Shepherd dogs, and two loving owners, Kristen and John Thorpe.  Meet the latest addition to the herd, cria Nevado.

Susan Luni’s Gridded Kitchen Towel, an interesting textured dish towel, is a quick and esay knit – especially when knit on a long circular needle.  Here, I’m knitting the generously-sized dish towel with two colors of cotton yarn.

The Evergreen Scarf pattern is featured in Sweet Shawlettes, a knitting and pattern book by designer Jean Moss.  See my Golden Evergreen interpretation of this fun and fanciful design that is popular with both the young and the young-at-heart.

Finding the right shade of red yarn can be tricky.  Lately, I’ve felt like Goldilocks.  One red is too orange.  Another red is too blue.  The next red is too dark.  And that other red is too bright.  But wait.  Look at this red – it’s just right!