Silhouette of a black cat with it's paw on a purple ball of yarn. The text 'Adventures of a Stashaholic' is in green and purple

A very humbling experience

I have always been enamoured with the thought of spinning. I pictured myself in a bucolic setting, happily whiling away the hours while at my wheel. I thought I’d try drop spindle to see if I was any good/liked spinning. So, when I saw a class advertised at Romni Wools, I jumped at it. I […]

All my bags are packed…

Don’t worry, I’m not about to break into a John Denver song (yeah I know it was Peter Paul and Mary, but I’m a child of the 70s not the 60s). I’m heading to Kingston this weekend to teach the Tunisian crochet class. My friend Drew is coming up from Houston for the class, and […]

Baby ghan done :-)

Well little Damon Thomas Christie arrived a few days early. He was due on March 1, but showed up on Feb 26. My nice little work plan was thrown askew trying to finish the ghan in time. I didn’t quite make it, but I don’t think he’ll mind Congratulations to dad Craig and Mom Gina, […]

Baby Boom

I don’t know what’s in the water here, but I’m not drinking any. 3 co-workers (or in 2 cases their wives) are pregnant. I just hope it’s not catching like the flu! It’s been a while since I made anything for a baby, so when a pattern appeared on eBay that I’d been looking for […]

The coolest slippers ever!

I just think these are neat-o. They’re called pocketbook slippers – the idea is that you can put them in your pocketbook (purse) for when you go visiting. Everyone that I asked what they were said “um…a purse?”. Put your foot in the slot, stretch them out and shazam! You’ve got a slipper! Now I […]