Where the Red-Winged Blackbird Flies.

July got away from me this year.  What with the Tour de Fleece, a spate of housesitting, getting back into running, starting a fashion illus...

So, I've got this relationship with the Tour de Fleece .  This is my sixth year playing along (that's crazypants right there), and i...

So this week, I had a pattern release on Monday with Quince & Co. , two patterns with Brooklyn Tweed's Wool People 3 on Tuesday, an...

          Sometimes the other knitters and crocheters of Portland are pretty darn cool.  Also cool? The fact that this has been ...

Oooh, hey blog! It's, uh, it's been a while, hasn't it? But there's been so much going on! I planted a tiny salad and herb...

When people ask what my favorite yarn is, I have a very, VERY hard time narrowing it down.  I am a wooly girl for sure, but surprisingly, ov...

I know I've been pretty quiet over here for a couple weeks.  Things have been busy at Chez Blackbird, but they only reached fever pitch ...