Knotty Oak Homestead

Baaaaa baaaaaa! It's that time of year again!!! I am really excited to be volunteering again at the crazy t-shirt booth for th...

Our farmer's market started last week. Hooray! It was cold and rainy, though, so the kids and I didn't stay long. I was very excited...

Ooooh, I am so excited! The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival is coming up this May 7-8, 2011. A whole day of wool, yarn, baaing sheep an...

You know, I think this is my first real tutorial! I got one request for it (Thanks, Holly!), and one is enough for me, so here we go! The fi...

Finally , some of the apples are on the stove, simmering down to soon become applesauce. It's a good thing too, because we've gone t...

This is a potholder I crocheted from some light brown wool yarn I got for Christmas and some gold yarn I got when I worked at Conner Prairie...

I am really interested in felting lately. It sounds super easy and a great craft to do with my 3-year-old son. I got some beautiful wool ya...

A long time ago, in a land not too far away - Indiana to be exact - I learned how to spin on a large walking wheel. Within the depths of C...

Barn Kitten This past weekend my family and I went up to visit a good friend of mine up in New York. I haven't seen my friend, Mairi,...

At one of the last farmer's markets there was a booth where they were selling recycled wool sweater mittens. Each pair was colorful, uni...