September is in the air – time to wrap yourself in yarn

Written on September 12, 2012 by

September Sock Club Colors* September is here….and the fall harvest is well underway.  It feels like deep fall with all the combines running through the crisp, crumbling stalks. Usually harvest would be two months away but the drought has forced an early Continue Reading →

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August 2012 Sock Club Colors

Written on August 21, 2012 by

August is here, bringing with it warm, sultry weather and complex new yarn colors. I find August to be an expectant time of the year – when it seems most everyone is poised on the brink of change….a break in the weather in favor of fall breezes, transition Continue Reading →

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Make your own wool wash

Written on July 31, 2012 by

I have been concocting my own wool wash for years. It’s easy to do, and not very expensive to collect the few ingredients you need. In fact, nearly all households will have at least one of the three necessary ingredients already. This is my secret recipe, Continue Reading →

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Yarn Love Sock Club – July 2012 Colors

Written on July 24, 2012 by

mmmm, lollipops in the shade of a cool tree on a hot summer’s day – who could resist? Not me! Introducing the two newest club colors: Lollipop and Grove. They’re sure to be as refreshing as a cool breeze in the heat of the day.   Amy March * Continue Reading →

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Modular desk progress

Written on July 24, 2012 by

Well, thanks to non-stop, work-a-holic type dedication to the Yarn Love desk, I have progress to show you! It’s exciting to me, since I’ve been sanding so much this past week that my upper arms & shoulders ache like a gym rat’s. Unfortunately, the effects Continue Reading →

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Thanks – you’re the best!

Written on July 13, 2012 by

This past week has been extremely busy – the Yarn Sale of the Century really kept me (and I suspect you!) on my toes. I’ve been spending nearly every waking moment packing yarn, shipping yarn, dyeing yarn, photographing yarn, and listing yarn. Rinse, Continue Reading →

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Yarn Love Destash – a sale like no other!

Written on July 3, 2012 by

The summertime heat has descended upon the Yarn Love Studio. The dyepots are bubbling, yarn is being banded, packed and shipped at a rapid rate….. and I’m also in the midst of a major studio space revamp. There’s nothing like re-arranging to Continue Reading →

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The New Look

Written on June 27, 2012 by

I’ve taken some fun yarn photos lately, which are quirky & happy-making. I love yarn styled like this. I thought you might too, so here’s a glimpse of my latest work. (At the time of posting all of these are available via the Yarn Love Etsy Shop.)        Continue Reading →

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Sock Club – June 2012 Colors

Written on June 5, 2012 by

Since you’re a yarn club member, I hope that means you like the colors that I do….because this month I simply picked out colors I was attracted to and applied them all to the same skein. Wah lah! This month’s variegated skein was born. Then I Continue Reading →

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Sock Club Colors – May 2012

Written on May 24, 2012 by

Recently, I came across a teeny, tiny robin which had fallen from it’s nest onto the sidewalk. He was at most 3 days old. I couldn’t locate the nest and he was injured from the fall. I couldn’t just leave him there, and brought him home with the idea to Continue Reading →

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