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I’ve always loved the month of April. It’s my birthday month, it’s the beginning of Spring, there’s Easter to celebrate…and let’s not forget, April Fools Day! [...]

As a result of all of my Spring Cleaning, I’ve decided to do a little stash-busting! I’ve opened a new surplus supply shop on etsy called “betz bitz“! Here you’ll [...]

With just over a week until Easter, I thought I would revive a few ideas from the past. Hopefully this will remind regular readers and inform new friends of some of my sweet felty projects to [...]

At the suggestion of a friend, I took down the heavy curtains I had hanging from my studio window. And then there was light! Wonderful airiness and space opened up. (I was reminded of a [...]

The word spring is full of implied movement and momentum. Things are happening. The flowers are blooming, the birds are busy, the world is waking up from winter. I spent the better part of the [...]

My little friends and I would like to invite you “locals” to join me Mother’s Day weekend! I am doing a workshop in Alexandria, Virginia with Fibre Space! Join me Saturday, May [...]

Head on over to the online magazine Petite Purls to check out their new Spring 2010 green issue! You’ll find my Upcycled Water Bottle Sling project along with some fresh knitting and sewing [...]

I’m playing with cashmere today. I dumped out my cashmere scrap bin that I’ve been contributing to for the last few years. After making scarves and bunnies and hats and throws, the [...]

I’ve always loved pussy willow branches and think of them as a hopeful sign that spring is on its way. With the big snow piles finally melting, I went out to gather some sticks with the [...]

The colorful result of my thrift store visit:a stack of wool sweaters, ready to felt a bowlful of sorbet cashmere sweaters and that bowl a sunshine-y pyrex bowl with daisies on it! now [...]