It tells you something about the circles I run in that when I mentioned I was about to try making a three-ply yarn for the first time, someb...

I've set the timer for ten minutes. That's how long I have to write and post this entry. I must apologize in advance for the perfe...

Through no merit of my own, I've been sprawled in the lap of luxury for the past several days. This is one of those spa hotels where the...

It's a good week when I look at current projects and there's been some progress on most of them. The Tour de Fleece continues, and...

This is the piece of knitting. Gentleman's Bathing Drawers (c. 1880) in Quince and Co. Chickadee for the Nautical Knitting Cruise ...

It is finished. Not the Tour de Fleece–that's still going on, and I have to pick the next fiber to spin–but this yarn, this yarn I ...

I can't stop looking at it. There were a few concerned suggestions that I must not, must not turn the two Corriedale bobbins into ...

I was told that once I started to get the hang of woolen long draw, I'd find it somewhat faster than the worsted technique I've alwa...

The bathing drawers yarn is still in transit. I'm so excited about it that I've begun to palpitate slightly at the sight of delivery...

I live with two spinning wheels, but I live with them in the way that I once lived with an empty-headed, perky-nippled go-go boy. He had his...

My life, it sure is hot stuff. In case you missed the previous installment , I'm setting out to knit myself a pair of late nineteenth-...

And we're back. And you won't believe what I want to make. Let me show you the engraving. Yes, engraving. Because you know how I...

You run into antique knitting in the darnedest places. At least, I do. This morning I had a bit of an adventure. One of my friends here in...

I swear this isn't going to become an All-Edgings-All-the-Time knitting blog. I'm just having trouble setting the damned things asid...

More futuristic telephonic bloggery. Checking to see how seamlessly I can shoot a photo, retouch it, and post it using only the telephone. ...

I'm off to Denver tomorrow for a pretty exciting new adventure. I'm shooting a class for Craftsy .  Friends of mine (Gwen Bortner, A...

Last weekend I taught a day of lace (History, Methods and Styles of Lace followed by Lace Edgings: Before, During, and After) to a gung-ho g...

I have stepped (reports of dragging, kicking, and screaming are almost entirely false) into the present century with the purchase of a new p...

When I mentioned the ship Lurline after writing about t he edging "Lurline" I did not expect to get multiple, thrilling comments...

It's no secret that I love edging. I could edge for hours. Hell, I teach classes about edging. If you want to edge, I'm your guy. ...