Spring has Sprung

This is what February looked like!



Now we're here!
My Azaleas are over 60 years old and every year are more beautiful!


First Born is also blooming with her First Born!


Yet another sweater for the baby is almost done.
This is my second Oden Baby Cardigan by a gifted designer Lena Lundbladh who is one of the original Lesser Known Skeins. This free pattern can be found on Ravelry here. The fabric this pattern makes is great for a baby sweater because it's warm yet soft.
Her great blog is here check it out.


Almost two years ago I had an idea to start a group for fiber artists who blog.
The Lesser Known Skeins is now a group on Ravelry here
and also has a website here.

First Born started the website but was unable to keep up with it because of all the stresses of being a 5th grade math teacher, working on her Library Science degree, husband,house and now Baby on the way.
I reached out to the LKS for help and Sara was kind enough to help. She is doing a great job keeping my dream alive and I can't thank her enough!
Check out her great website here.

My First Blogiversary

One year ago today I entered the world of Blog.
I was reading so many great fiber art blogs I was inspired to start one of my own.
My first born helped me but I had no idea what was going to come of this.
I had to come up with a name. Should the name have something to do with Lupus, teaching, knitting, family. I remembered one day looking at my hands and realizing they looked just like my mothers hands. Now I had a name. My Mother was Puerto Rican and the picture is the Puerto Rican seal.
My daughter came up with, The map to the kingdom of knitting and the country side of crochet.

This was my first post.

Saturday, May 3, 2008
I have no idea. How do people start blogs?

I have to have socks on the needles all the time. At first, I was afraid I couldn't make socks, but now I must have socks available all the time.

I got some Lang JaWoll at a store called Yarn Diva. It comes with thread that lets you reinforce the heel. Yarn Diva is a nice little store, but I still love Stix-n-Stitches.

I'm going to go to get myself a new camera tomorrow. I want to learn how to use it and take some pictures of my stuff and I'll be on my way to blog-land.

I have learned so much in the past year and I thank my daughters for teaching me.
When I had the idea to start a group fiber artists who blog Ravelry made that possible and the Lesser Known Skeins was born.
I have met so many great people this year because of the blog and I hope to know and be inspired by more awesome fiber artists in the future.

Lesser Known Skeins Has Gone Ravelry!

I will be ending the blog because I wasn't able to work it on my own. I feel Ravelry will be something I can keep up with.
I would like the help of the original Lesser Known Skeins. Think of some good topics we can start.
I'm looking forward to this and think it's going to be a great place to get to know some wonderful fiber artists and share great ideas!

Regrouping Lesser Known Skeins

When I got the idea of starting a group of little unknown bloggers working in the fiber arts I had no idea the response there would be.
My daughter and I are back at work and are finding it difficult to keep up with the needs of the super growing group.
We are rethinking the direction we will take and starting a group on Ravelry seems to be the best way to go.
As soon as we get it started I will let all of you know.

The Top Lesser Known Skein!

I had a dream to start a group of Bloggers who were Gifted fiber arts with great ideas, nice blogs and interesting lives, but were unknown!
We have a name and a button
We started a blog Lesser Known Skeins
We don't know where this will go, but we thought we would give it a try.
We are thinking of starting a group on Ravelry in the future.
At this point there are ten members from all over the US and beyond.
The member that has reached out the most is Lenal from Sweden.
Not only has she commented on every members blog but she translated her blog into English.
This is why Lenal is THE TOP LESSER KNOWN SKEIN!

Anyone interested in become a part of The Lesser Known Skeins leave a comment or go to the blog and send an email.