The Inconsequential Blogger

We're travelling to my niece's wedding and have made a few stops along the way. Here is a cypress tree growing in The Great Dismal...

I recently got my hands on some Cormo wool top. Cormo sheep produce a nice, soft wool and I've been dying to get some and spin it up. ...

Last weekend my husband and I went for a walk through an old growth forest. This particular portion of land had been set aside by the famil...

I tried my hand at darning hand-knit socks for the first time. I have a pair of socks that I made out of a blend of baby alpaca, silk and ny...

Last weekend, my husband and I went for a walk in a nearby state park. It was wintry and snowy at Nelson Ledges, which so far has proved be...

Here is the latest installment on my growing flax for linen experiment. It all started last spring with the planting of the flax. Over the s...

The mail brought a wonderful thing to my doorstep yesterday - this raw Paco-vicuña fleece:     Well, that's really just the bl...

I finished the Gryffindor scarf and have begun the Slytherin one - ten points to me!!

My son asked if I could knit some scarves for him and his girlfriend for Christmas. Specifically, a Gryffindor scarf and a Slytherin scarf. ...

I recently read the excellent book, Code Name Verity , by Elizabeth Wein. It's set during WWII, and mentioned in the book are a pair of...