• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

little acorn creations

  • Notebook
  • Swatch Project
  • Shop
  • Cart
  • Show Search
Hide Search

tips

Making with Notes

06 July 2023

Tuxedo Cat on a messy desk with a ball of pink yarn in her mouth.

Notes and notebooks are an invaluable part of everything I do. By recording observations, ideas, triumphs, and failures, I've created an environment that I can review and learn from. This process enables me to find new patterns (in all senses of that word) and draw different connections to create …

[Read more...] about Making with Notes

Thoughts on my supply & tool organization

03 June 2022

Two shelves, the top shows labeled containers with crochet hooks or knitting needles, with a container behind holding larger straight needles, and a jar with yarn scraps. Below is a wooden chest of drawers labeled with washi tape:"notions, scale", "chiaogoo", "hiya", "crochet", "3.75mm". There are some books partially visible in the image

My studio is a feline friendly space so I need to keep it tidy. That task is easier when I also keep it organized. The system evolves as my work and priorities shift. Today's post shares a few thoughts about my system. Why organize? In addition to helping me safely share my life with a cat or …

[Read more...] about Thoughts on my supply & tool organization

Spring cleaning, tools

18 March 2022

purple crocus and yellow daffodils emerging through leaf strewn ground

As the spring bulbs emerge, I like to give my tools some much needed TLC. The winter months are when they see the heaviest use. The process is similar for the different types of tool. I gather them together, evaluate their condition, clean, and perform maintenance, wash the container, and put …

[Read more...] about Spring cleaning, tools

a reminder to pause

27 August 2021

I've felt glued to work for weeks, it feels as if there hasn't been forward progress on my projects either. This morning, I took myself outside without any swatches or my laptop. I sat and paused to absorb the sights and sound of nature around me. While the heat and humidity quickly became …

[Read more...] about a reminder to pause

Using WPI to Substitute Swatch a Special Yarn

13 August 2021

Cake of dark teal handspun on plain white background

Special yarn is often tricky to swatch. I have been intimidated by yarns in my stash. Logic doesn’t always play into it. I know that I need to swatch, I write about it all the time! First, it helps me to understand the fabric in my chosen stitch pattern and needle/hook size, I call this a …

[Read more...] about Using WPI to Substitute Swatch a Special Yarn

Caring for Handspun

16 July 2021

pile of handspun skeins on a whiite background

I'm often asked how I care for my handspun. I confess I'm perplexed by the question; however, I understand it. Handspun can feel more precious and special than a commercially spun yarn. I care for it the same way I do all yarn and fiber; this post shares how I store, wash, and wind my handspun …

[Read more...] about Caring for Handspun

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 10
  • Go to Next Page »

little acorn creations

© 2009–2023 little acorn creations

  • about
  • Statement
  • services
  • Terms & Conditions
  • errata
  • contact