When Ana developed the original Col-o-ring in 2017, she knew she wanted to make it the perfect ink testing swatch book. She spent months testing the paper, and swatching her own samples. But she had no idea how everyone would use them. From gorgeous swatches to doodles and sketches, we’ve all loved seeing how you…
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NaKniSweMo
Last week on the Pen Addict podcast, Brad talked at length about NaNoWriMo. If you aren’t familiar with that term it stands for National Novel Writing Month. Each November, many many intrepid writers gather together to write a novel (or 50,000 words) between November 1 and November 30. The organization that supports it (which is…
Yarn & Ink: Halloween Frankensocks
In September a lovely friend sent me a belated birthday present, a Frankensocks kit from Knitterly Things. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Laura Cameron (@fluffykira) Knitterly Things is known for dying self-striping sock yarn. That is, she dyes the yarn such that when you knit it up you get delightful stripes…
A Well-Appointed Celebration
One of our own had a huge reason to celebrate last week – Jaclyn got married! The Well-Appointed staff has not yet been able to attend pen shows during 2021 (nor for most of 2020), but that doesn’t mean we haven’t seen one another! Ana, her (real) husband, Bob, and I made the trek up…
Yarn + Ink: A Case of the Mondays
We took a poll and we’d all rather be back in bed with the covers over our heads this Monday. So I give you one of my favorite knits: a blanket that I made in honor of our wedding that’s on our bed every night! The Pattern: Paintbox Log Cabin Blanket by Katherine Keyes The…
Yarn + Ink Palette: A little Halloween.
Yes I realize that it’s only September 3, but Halloween candy is already in the stores! Actually, what really happened is I showed my current knit to a few friends and one exclaimed “ooooo Halloween colors.” So that’s the post. Pattern: Positive Vibrations by Marin Melchior (Ravelry link) Yarn: Zen Yarn Garden Superfine Fingering in…
Eye Candy – Cholla Cactus Wood Turned Pen
Last week my boss sent me a small gift that turned out to be a fountain pen! Sadly I have very few details so mostly I’ll be sharing photos and what I can surmise. I’m still on the hunt and I’ll update if/when I get more! I was surprised to open my package and find…