This week, I announce the prize winners for the #embroidermore stitch along.  There’s a new project on the needles, plans for a reversible dress, an overload of holiday coziness, plus–filled and stuffed recipes to underscore the feeling of abundance and surprise. I stitched and glued together these adorable gnomes using

In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, I’m sharing a series of food-related poems and provide an update on my latest projects. On the Porch Improvised sock on Foster Sheep Farm hand-dyed sock yarn Bandana cowl (Purl Soho) on Juniper Moon Farm Stratus Another layer to the #fleecewise collaboration is our article

“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”

This week’s episode includes finished socks, more knitting on an old project, gift knitting, braising and baking, and some chatter about instant gratification and the locally-produced market. The Back Porch Vanilla is the New Black socks by Anneh Fletcher The Front Porch Jasmine Tea by Amanda Bell Ever-expanding Skill Set

It’s all about my visit to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival in this episode.

Process vs. product knitting is a focus of this episode, as I have completed a year-long project just in time for the upcoming New York Sheep and Wool Festival. The Back Porch Bressay Dress by Gudrun Johnston The Front Porch Clark Socks by Jaclyn Salem Vanilla is the New Black

Two days: two dresses.  I talk about  using the skills I’ve acquired over three years of working on my handmade wardrobe and how I employed them to take on some new challenges in dressmaking. AVAILABLE NOW! C O N C O R D I A The Back Porch The Front

New Pattern:  Concordia My most recent pattern design is knit with Concordea yarn, created by Carole of Foster Sheep Farm and spun at Battenkill Fiber Mill. Concordea is a gorgeous, sport weight yarn in two natural colors. Soft and incredibly springy, it is spun from a 50/50 blend of

One of my little notions pouches features this cute pig and the the mantra “Change is Good” — a nice sentiment for the start of the new school year and the return of structure to my days. This episode includes discussion of sock patterns and needles, a few things I

One complete knitted dress and another on the needles, it has been a busy week of knitting. I also talk about embroidery, the drudgery of planning sack lunches, the winner of the Brushwork giveaway, and a new pattern giveaway. It’s all here in Episode 177! Giveaways! This week, I announce