In this episode I share the inspiration and creation of my most recent knitting design — the first in a collection inspired by Clarissa Pinkola

ANAPHORA & MUHAMMARA The Back Porch Rift by Jaqueline Cieslak in Green Mountain Spinnery Cotton Comfort sock darning (woven patch technique) by Bristol Ivy from

The Back Porch short socks knit in It’s a Chard Sock Life from KnitSpinFarm The Front Porch Taking Back the River, a pattern for toe-up

Test Knitters Wanted! I have completed a draft for a toe-up sock pattern, the first in a four-pattern collection that takes its inspiration from Clarissa

It’s all about the small pleasures this episode.  A knitting project went bust, but I’m so enjoying my Moonrise pendant and some new spinning fiber. 

A finished spinning project, plus knitting, felting and a poem in anticipation of April’s Pink Moon. I’ve been thinking about cooking and baking with spice

April is National Poetry Month.  US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo claims, “Without poetry, we lose our way.” William Carlos Williams wrote, “It is difficult /

It’s another episode delivered blog style, but this time I do have some photographs and show notes. (mask)MAKER I’ve been very busy with sewing masks