The Inconsequential Blogger

One of the members of a knitting group I belong to went on a yarn diet. She forbade herself to buy any new yarn until she had used up all of...

To see my previous posts on this topic go here . I made some teasel root tincture and took it three times a day for six weeks. I started ...

The bridal shawl I've been working on for my daughter is finally done! It was a big project, especially since I've only knitted one ...

It's been two weeks since I gathered some first-year teasel roots, chopped them up in the food processor and left them to soak in vodka...

I think I'm approaching about half-way on the bridal shawl. The pattern is written really well. I have a few lifelines in there (yellow)...

I've recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I'm not thrilled with the medications available to treat it - I guess what I'm ...

I've finished spinning the yarn for my daughter's bridal shawl. I've got 845 yards, 4.3 ounces of two-ply merino/silk lacewe...

My handmade clay spindle whorl broke : ( I made a new one out of that polymer clay that you bake in the oven. I've never used it bef...

I've been concentrating on getting the yarn spun for my daughter's bridal shawl. It's two-ply, one of merino and one of silk. I...

My husband took this picture on Christmas. The moon was full and there was a ring around it. The ring is called a lunar halo, and the two br...

Here's a wooden spindle shaft with a handmade clay whorl, fired in a fire. It's modeled after really old types of spindles. I got it...

Soon to be crabapple jelly!

Here's a short video clip I shot at the Stahlstown Flax Scutching Festival in Stahlstown, PA yesterday. It was a fun little festival an...

Back in 2013 I purchased a fleece that I was going to use just for myself. I've been busy and happy working with a lot of other fleeces...

So, three years ago I started growing flax in the hopes of processing it into linen yarn and then making something with it. This is somethi...

 I planted my flax a few weeks ago by strewing the seeds. I had 13 ounces of seeds, 5 oz. of my own that I saved from last year's crop,...

 I have finally begun knitting with my homegrown, handspun linen - the next stage in my flax-to-linen experiment/project. If you wish to se...

When this book first came out, the few things I heard about it made me not want to read it, and I thought I never would. I thought it was ...

Today I have been working with a beautiful Icelandic fleece I got at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I didn't get it at the fleece...