The Inconsequential Blogger

My daughter took these pictures of me in my new skirt. I raided my Etsy shop and used a bunch of the yarn to knit this skirt. I wanted a ...

 The eBook version of my novel The Errand Rider is free this weekend, Feb. 3-5, on Amazon. Here is the link if you are interested:  https:/...

I was recently inspired by one of my own characters. You see, in most of my writing there is an undercurrent. I have always been aware of th...

My new book is now available on Amazon ! The eBook version is available now, and the print version will be coming soon. Feeling unapprec...

When you make yarn from raw fleeces, you will have waste wool. I've been carding up waste wool to use as mulch in  the backyard garden b...

I've been watching some really interesting BBC shows on YouTube. I think there are three different shows, if there are more, let me know...

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...