As of today we are a week into the Tour de France and my favorite Tour de Fleece. I’ve more or less been keeping up with watching the stages, and I’ve definitely been keeping up with my spinning this week. The tour kicked off on July 2, and I was excited for a full day… Continue reading TDF 2016: Week 1 Recap
In my neverending quest to find a licorice tea that I love, another selection I added to my last Teapigs order was their Liquorice and Mint tea. This blend contains liquorice root and peppermint leaves. That’s it. I love the simplicity of these teas. Liquorice and Mint is available in a sample size for $2.50, 15 tea… Continue reading Drink Me: Teapigs, Liquorice and Mint
A few months ago I was contacted by the nice people over at Stitchcraft Marketing to see if I would be interested in knitting something out of Dalegarn yarns. Dalegarn is now being distributed by Mango Moon Yarns in North America. One of the yarns that particularly intrigued me was Dalegarn Eco Baby Wool, a new certified organic yarn. … Continue reading Knit Me: Dalegarn Eco Baby Wool
Welcome to episode 95. This week is all spinning… well ok there’s a little bit of knitting. Please come and join the Ravelry group. You can also find me on Ravelry as Fluffyk, Twitter, Instagram as Fluffykira, and in my shop The Stashbuckler: Adventures in Yarrrrrrrrn. Sipping: Ashby, Cinnamon Orange Knitting: Finished: Strawberry Semifreddo by Natalie Pelykh, Dalegarn Eco Baby Wool… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 95, Le Grand Depart
Two weeks ago I went to my local tea shop, Tea Market. Another summer blend that I wanted to try was Double Mint. After all, what sounds better on a hot day than a cool glass of mint iced tea! The Double mint blend is a blend of peppermint and spearmint. I bought the seasonal sampler… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Market, Double Mint
As I blogged about last year, July marks the Tour de France and, for us fiber spinners, the Tour de Fleece. Tour de Fleece is probably my favorite part of summer. I really enjoy watching the Tour de France, and I spend countless hours spinning at my wheel. I love that I spend three weeks… Continue reading Tour de Fleece 2016
Welcome to episode 94. This week I talk about the best laid plans… and what ends up happening to them. Please come and join the Ravelry group. You can also find me on Ravelry as Fluffyk, Twitter, Instagram as Fluffykira, and in my shop The Stashbuckler: Adventures in Yarrrrrrrrn. Sipping: Teapigs, Liquorice and Mint Knitting: Finished: Mini Cobblestone Socks by… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 94, Not as I expected
This week I went into my wonderful local tea shop, Tea Market. I was interested to see the summer seasonal flavors and see if they had anything particularly geared towards preparing iced tea. I ended up getting a seasonal sampler with 5 teas intended to be served iced. I’ll review them in the coming weeks.… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Market, Iced Tea Blend
Earlier this week a friend posted some delightful looking mugs from Stuff You Love. I had to go check it out for myself. These are my favorites!
Welcome to episode 93. I do a quick podcast out on my deck today. I have several FO’s, a couple cast-ons and a spin. Please come and join the Ravelry group. You can also find me on Ravelry as Fluffyk, Twitter, Instagram and Periscope as Fluffykira, and in my shop The Stashbuckler: Adventures in Yarrrrrrrrn. Sipping: Mount Rushmore Tea, Detox Knitting:… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 93, It’s getting hot out here.
