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Here are the latest socks from my collection of disappointing silk skeins. In the early 1990's I found several discounted skeins of ...

It's come to my attention that my storage space is finite, the most crowded corners being occupied by fabric and fiber. With this in mi...

I've become a bit more adventurous in my serger sewing. The last batch of tee-shirts were all sewn of cotton jersey, using a four-threa...

Thanksgiving postcards are uncommon in my grandma's album, but I am fascinated by the inclusion of non-turkey fowl in this one. The b...

I had expected that by now I'd be back in the swing of blogging, but you may notice a 17-day gap since my last post. This is due in par...

The woodpile this year looks particularly nice, something for which I can take no credit. (The new chainsaw does look proud of itself.) Las...

This is the most picturesque and also the most convenient polling place I've ever voted. The whole process took about 15 minutes, inclu...

More of the navy blue silk yarn, with more stripes of mohair scraps. This time, I made what Elizabeth Zimmermann called "Afterthought ...

There was a lovely yarn shop at Dupont Circle called The Woolgatherer, and I haunted the sale bins there in my grad school days. There was ...

I bought this partial skein of variegated pink mohair yarn in the 1980's, long before the development of commercial self-striping yarns...

Last fall, early snows kept us from graveling the driveway. We waded snow and mud until April, when it finally got dry enough to have this ...

The last few months, I've been exploring the world of Internet book-swapping sites, specifically Bookmooch and Paperback Swap. To my ...

I'm back! Don't adjust your RSS feed. Pocahontas County Fare is being served once again. Gainful employment is a feast-or-famine af...

Earlier this week, Terry blogged about a Princeton study showing that All sweeteners are not created Equal . (Thanks, Terry!) The press rel...

I believe I stated a while ago that I had plenty of crochet patterns and books on hand, that there was no need for me to spend any money o...

I started knitting these socks as part of Sharon B's fiber arts community Take It Further Challenge, February 2008 . My participation ...

Although my grandmother, Florence Williamson was the daughter of a Scotsman and a Bohemian, her St. Patrick's Day postcard collection i...

Here's another crochet-skills-building exercise I've worked through. These place mats are rectangles of crochet mesh, and my big ac...

I always love an event that features free stuff and sales, so I took notice of Read an E-Book Week (March 7-13). Their website features a l...

I've updated At Home on Spice Ridge and Pocahontas County History on the Web, and I've been asking myself, "What was all the ...