For Keep Calm Craft On-I thought I would share this wonderful tutorial I found over the weekend on making useful pouches. I have been working on stocking our new online store, the Gotland Wool Company. I wanted some nice knitting accessories for the store. Several years ago, a friend of mine gave me a zippered pouch for my birthday. It … Read More
Sharing a quick baby knit “Keep Calm Craft On” at Frontier Dreams. I am using our angora-cormo blend yarn to knit little Mary Jane booties for a friend. The yarn has 25% angora and 75% Cormo wool. The angora makes the yarn soft to the touch with a subtle halo effect when knit. Cormo wool has a fine crimp and … Read More
For Ginny’s Yarn Along this week-I want to share a special friend with you. My children were just babes in arm when she entered into our lives. She lead the children’s story hour at our local library. “Come a little closer hun,” were the first words she said to me as I sat with my baby of just 3 months … Read More
I have just received my first box of my very own Gotland wool yarn from the mill and have knit my first swatch. With each row I knit, I fell more in love with this yarn. Gotland sheep come in a range of true natural gray, from light silver to a deep charcoal. This yarn, from my two ewes named … Read More
Joining Yarn Along and KCCO this week to share my knitting. Picking up stitches for sleeves and necklines can be daunting and met with hours of frustration. With a few helpful hints, and a little planning, the task is not so intimidating. Basically, you need to first, calculate the number of stitches needed to be picked up, and then space … Read More
