YARNGEAR: Knitting, Crochet, Spinning, Sewing, Weaving, and Dyeing

I've been enjoying making yarn on a spindle. This is the result of my first attempts of single and 2-ply yarns of a silky heathered mer...

Please excuse my long blog break. I was busying studying chemistry. I got through the semester with a 3.0, and that took every ounce of gr...

Celebrate with with me! After offering several free patterns here on my blog, I just posted my first purchase pattern here on Ravelry toda...

Here's a free beret pattern . The pattern took longer to write than the time it took to knit the beret, in just a few short hours back ...

School, work, and family take priorty over yarn crafting. Still, I do try to carve out few moments here and there for knitting or crochet t...

  $2 via Ravelry.com I designed and knit this one for my DD, who is totally crazy about the GIR line of clothing at Hot Topic. As I was...

I made straight A's! Granted, they were all freshman & sophomore courses (History of Civ I, AR History, Intro to Psychology, World L...

I've always liked the look of berets over beanies for females. They're stylish and chic, and yet still warm and functional. I like...

I cast on some various acrylic worsted yarns on my knitting machine to work the majority of the brim, and then finished the crowns and sewed...

Though it's not often, sometimes I can complete a project in one evening! It was so quick, in fact, that I realized after it was gifte...

Calorimetry was quick, easy, and fun to knit. The shaping is via short rows, very much like bust darts or sock heels. I could've fini...