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9 Ways to Wear Wool When You Have Sensitive Skin

Sheep wool is a renewable resource with amazing qualities. Water resistant, flame resistant, antibacterial, and compostable, it really is the ultimate fibre which can create the ideal knitted fabric. Nevertheless, if it is too uncomfortable to wear, you are not going to knit with it, are you? The most common complaint I hear from knitters…

Fifi Skirt

Last November, I wanted to work up something for my Christmas outfit. I knew I didn’t have enough time to design and knit a pullover or cardigan, but I could squeeze out a short skirt. So I drafted and created a cabled skirt using some worsted wool yarn in my stash. It was cute, and…

Villa Vest

Every so often, a knitter requests to buy the Villa Vest pattern digitally and I have to say that unfortunately that was an in-print only pattern published by @taprootmag . Even more unfortunate, Taproot Magazine is now out of business. It was a great little publication. It seems to be the sad fate of many in-print publications…

Ancient Orchid Top

There are so many beautiful native plants where I live and one in particular, which grows in a patch of shrubs in our yard, is the Lady Slipper Orchid. This delicate little plant cannot be transplanted, as it is highly dependent on the symbiotic relationship it builds with soil organisms in the exact location in…

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