The Inconsequential Blogger

I've been growing Japanese indigo plants in my garden this year. This is the first time and I've been very nervous about it. We...

I spent a couple of weeks on the knitting, and here is the finished product. It's the first sweater I've ever knitted ( if you don...

Smashwords is having its sitewide discountpalooza in July and I've signed up with two of my ebooks -  Rose of Par Kluhnd and The Witch ...

The sweater project continues. When spinning, my default yarn seems to be a two-ply with a gauge from fingering weight to sport weight. How...

I have finally begun a project which I have been looking forward to for some months. I found a really cute sweater pattern in this book (w...

I have lavender, lemon balm, yarrow, hyssop, and calendula hanging to dry now on my drying rack. The first batch of many, I hope!

At a recent trip to Triangle Bog in Kent, Ohio, I snapped a picture of a cranberry blossom. They're pretty small (click on the picture t...

I decided to try dyeing with red cabbage. It's one of those dyes that may not be particularly light-fast, and different colors can be a...

I wish you could smell them.

I just ate a strawberry off of my hanging strawberry plant. Yum! The plant was a Mother's Day gift.

Here's what the dog and I saw on our jaunt around the pond today:

My book signing at the indoor farmer's market yesterday was fun. I brought my drop-spindle along with a finished skein of yarn to show ...

I really like my new drop spindles. Here's what I'm working on now:

There's a small patch of cleavers growing along the fence in my yard. I plucked a little bit and brought it inside to make some tea with...

I finally put The Witch of Starmont up at Smashwords.com, and within a couple of weeks it will also be available at Apple, Sony, Diesel, an...

I've been contemplating an easier way to wash raw fleece in the tub. I decided that some sort of basket would be the best thing. The fle...