We have lived our lives by the assumption that what is good for us would be good for the world.  We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption: that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that … Continue reading Episode 127: Always Have Your Spinning →

This episode features the following segments: The Back Porch, The Front Porch, Off the Shelf, Ever-expanding Skill Set, and Sew Forth. Last week, I traveled to Vermont to visit my sister. From baking, to gardening, shopping, watching new baby chicks, and trying indigo dyeing for the first time — we managed to pack in a … Continue reading Episode 126: Indigo Dreams →

This episode includes the following Segments: On the Porch, Ever-expanding Skill Set, and Off the Shelf. Last night, I saw Maggie’s Plan at my local cinema and I can’t stop thinking about the knitwear, knitted accessories, and knitted home decor in this independent film written and directed by Rebecca Miller. There were fascinating textures and … Continue reading Episode 125: Who’s the Knitter? →

The close of the school year is very busy and I haven’t had too much knitting time, so this episode will be low on knitting content. I have been trying some experiments with dying and mordants, however. The Eat Your Words Read-along began on June 1 and continues through August. Choose a work of food-related … Continue reading Episode 124: So Much for Science →

This episode features some conversation among members of String Theory, the knit and crochet club for which I serve as advisor. The date of this recording is one week after Emily, one of our members, brought in all of the supplies needed and taught us how to dye yarn with KoolAid. We talk about our … Continue reading Episode 123: Inner Color →

The Eat Your Words read-along begins on June 1st. Yarns at Yin Hoo listeners are invited to select a book and read along. Chatter in the Ravelry thread is welcome, and the loquacious among us will have a chance to win a prize just for participating. There will be a different prize each month, starting … Continue reading Episode 122: Eat Your Words →

This episode includes the following segments: The Front Porch, Ever-expanding Skill Set, and Sew Forth, plus some chinwaggin’ about metacognition. After spending a week doing more thinking about knitting than actually knitting, I thought it would be a good topic of discussion. Cooking with rhubarb has been so much fun this month. This week, I tried … Continue reading Episode 121: Metacog(k)nition →

Warmer temperatures and clear skies have hampered my knitting this week. It has been a very, very long time since I’ve seen a negative trend in knitting. I blame it on all the time I’ve spent gardening, plus the fact that the Agatha socks by Claire of New Hampshire Knits are so beautiful that I’ve decided to … Continue reading Episode 120: Negative Knitting →

After many days of soaking rain, the Howard County Fairgrounds in Frederick, Maryland were pretty muddy — but that didn’t deter eager fiber lovers, who shopped and ate and petted sheep happily at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival this past weekend. This was my second trip to the festival, and on my way I … Continue reading Episode 119: Hello Sunshine →

This episode includes the following segments: The Back Porch, The Front Porch, Ever-expanding Skill Set, and Sew Forth. It has been a few weeks since I’ve talked about my projects, so this episode is devoted to an update. May has been dubbed #memademay, when many crafters celebrate their journey of making. I’ve completed three pieces … Continue reading Episode 118: #MeMadeMay →