Knitting
I knit a shawl years ago but hadn't knit anything since. Then a friend asked me to go to a knitting class with her and I was all in.
Fiber Categories
I love everything about working with fiber. I started by learning to knit a scarf, and that evolved into the following categories.
Sock Knitting
This deserves its own category. I couldn't believe that people actually knit socks. It took me a year to knit my first pair.
Crocheting
I decided to crochet when I started following Instagram accounts featuring granny squares and granny stripe blankets.
Spinning
Spinning was one of the hardest things I've tried! I was determined to learn to make my own yarn to knit and crochet with.
Hand Dyeing
I turned my kitchen into a science lab every weekend for months to practice hand dyeing yarn.
Processing Wool
My next task is to wash and process three fleeces in my stash. I've learned to make bats and spin from a bat, too.
Top Yarns From My Stash
I love all my yarn, but some I love just a little bit more.
Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool
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Hedgehog Fibre's Sock Yarn
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Knit Pick's Woodland Tweed
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Paton's Classic Wool + Kroy Socks
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Current Spinning Project
High Desert Tweed
from Knit Picks
Tweed yarn is one of my top picks, but I'd never seen tweed fiber until I spotted this on Knit Picks. I bought a sweater quantity to spin this winter.
My Favorite Places to Buy Fiber + Yarn
My Favorite Instagram Profiles
Knitters, crocheters and dyers on Instagram are an endless source of inspiration.
heyheyhey_socks
This name alone makes Birgit's profile worth following.
knitondesigns
Deb is a prolific sock knitter and sock pattern designer.
bergofnorway
Inger has the most beautiful color work patterns on Instagram.
fatcatknitsdyer
Ginny is an amazing fiber dyer and also makes custom bats to spin.
Featured Pattern: I'm So Basic Socks by Summer Lee
This free pattern will teach you how to knit a basic sock using the Magic Loop method!
The basic sock is a work of structural knitting genius. It looks far more complicated to make than it actually is, and once you get the hang of the construction, you'll find yourself knitting more pairs than you know what to do with!
— Summer Lee
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About Me
My name is Angela, and I'm a software engineer in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Fiber & Kraft is a side project where I talk about knitting, crocheting, spinning, yarn dyeing and anything related to wool and fiber.