Liz and Becky crafting their way through Seattle (also Becky's travel blog)
But first... where have I been? Hello! Long time no write... it looks like I haven't posted since August 2020 and it has been a very busy couple years. Just a few highlights: I've gotten married, bought a house, and started two new jobs (one after the other, not concurrently 😅). It can be really... Continue Reading →
Earlier this month I ran out of ready to spin fiber (quite the tragedy, I know). I ordered some more fiber online but it takes a good week to arrive, so I needed to figure out something else to tide me over. Unfortunately, the alpaca fiber I currently have in my stash has been washed... Continue Reading →
Apparently I'm in the mood for making shawls this year! The latest shawl I made is one of my favorites so far. It's definitely on the more cozy side and something I can see myself wearing more than some of my other projects. I started this project because I had 8 skeins of Shibui Knits... Continue Reading →
Yay colors! Everyone needs a unicorn/cotton candy/bright and crazy project every once in a while 🙂 I bought the fiber for this project at a craft fair with no idea what I was going to do with it. I was trying really hard to be reasonable and buy only supplies for my upcoming project... but... Continue Reading →
Project It's a bit out of season to be making cozy scarves, but I had the fiber and time so why not? I started this project with 100g of Morning Glory Merino and the goal of making a semi-bulky yarn. I forgot to add something to the pic for scale, but it's roughly medium weight.... Continue Reading →
The beginning of a new year means a new project for me and this year I chose to spin something. I learned how to spin last year and I've been obsessed ever since! I wanted to do something to challenge my new skill set and also use up some of my fiber. I had 50... Continue Reading →
I'm super excited to write this post; I got to help warp up a very big floor loom back in November and it was awesome! It was so exciting because the whole thing appealed to both my creative and engineering tendencies. For my creative folks: the loom is able to weave very cool and intricate... Continue Reading →
One of my big goals for my NZ trip was to create something from shearing to knitted project. I've just finished making a scarf from an alpaca that I helped shear, which ticks that off my list. As they say pics or it didn't happen so here's some pictures! First step, I needed to get some... Continue Reading →
One of the things I've been learning at Cuesta Alpaca is how to spin! I'll do another more in depth post on how spinning works once I'm done with my current project (I'm spinning some fleece from an alpaca that I got to help shear!), but for now I thought I would share some of my... Continue Reading →
This pattern accompanies my earlier post: Variations on a Bag. I will cover all three variations shown in that post in this pattern. My pattern has been adapted from Market Bag, a pattern I found on Ravelry.com. Weight: Thread, Size 5 Quantity: Produce bags are roughly 30 g (~120 m), laundry bag is roughly 60 g (~240 m) Hook... Continue Reading →
MI & CO 