Nancy's Arts & Crafts

In 2013, after those delightful, memorable, happy happy summer weeks in Scotland and the Outer Hebrides , I used marigolds to dye white wool...

An internet Scrabble friend whom I have virtually known for about seven years but have never met personally, sent me this: An amazing...

Since last week's dyeing concoction did not go so well ( previous post ), a few corrections to the marigold dyeing process were made yes...

Wool from Ronaldsay in the Shetland Islands is unique.  The sheep there eat seaweed!  Our friend Wikipedia says... The North Ronaldsay ...

It took one month of obsessive knitting to finish the Plymouth Encore worsted wool shawl sweater.  I used a bit heavier wool named "Ci...

Perusing email this morning, my update from Knitting Daily discussed needle felting, a craft which has not yet become one of my crafting ob...

I finished these "Look at Me" socks two days ago. The pattern can be found at Woolworks . The yarn is 100% wool, a superwashed fib...

Kool Aid as a dye intrigues me. Kool Aid has many pleasing properties when mixed with sugar as a drink. But I never knew it could be used fo...

My patience was tested yesterday when I tried correctly knitting the toes of a woolen sock. Mind you, I had gotten through the heel and guss...

I am excited about learning how to knit socks on circular needles. Tomorrow is my first class at the Tangle yarn store in Grand Junction, CO...