Admittedly, I've been busy. Haven't been blogging too much because I've been knitting and crocheting like some agoraphobic crazy person. To this end I opened up a shop on etsy.com, which, for those out of the know, is an internet mall (?) for all things handmade. I've taken the last two years to develop my knitting skills and a few solid patterns of my own to create the inventory you'll see on my site. I started using synthetic yarns, but have recently moved on to Ecological wool yarns, up-cycled wools and regular old 100% wool yarn. I'll qualify: Ecological wool is not treated with any chemicals, is un-dyed and all natural in color. The brand I used is 100% Peruvian Alpaca wool and they even donate part of their profits to Peru. Up-cycled wool is carefully unraveled wool from sweaters and other knit items that have passed their fashion prime. Rather than consider the material useless because its design is out of fashion, I put it to use by re-knitting it into a contemporary design. Regular old 100% wool yarn is exactly that. If I have an idea for a specific color design, I turn to these dyed wool yarns for material. So warm and so soft. Recognize.
