We've all done it.  We've all fallen in love.  With yarn.  With a colorful, seductive hand-painted yarn and before we can say baa-ram-ewe, it's in our stash.  Bring these yarns into the light with slip stitch patterns.

This is the tale of two beanies, one for my sister Paula, and one for me.  For Christmas two years ago Santa gave her a new blue (ish) coat and gave me a red (ish) one.  Neither of us bothered to get new hats, because we both knew someday I would...

Value is more important than color. Controversial? Maybe, but contrast in value is what makes your colorwork sing. So let's focus on a simple way to find that contrast.

Last week I left off with possible yarn combinations for my latest design - a poncho mini (or poncho maxi).   My first swatch, carrying HH merino lace in hush along with HH skinny singles in budgie was not what I had in mind -- the pink glow of the lace yarn overwhelmed...

I love playing with color and texture, and when we were doing the first video clips for Sweet Meadow Knits (the one on the home page) the idea for a light summer poncho popped into my head.  This would be a simple project, where the yarn says it all. 

From the title, you may think this is a metaphysical dissertation on whether it's possible to have enough yarn. Philosophers continue to debate the question, but I believe we all know the answer... deep down. Moving on -- this is a post about how to estimate whether you have enough...