Tomorrow marks the Winter Solstice and the official beginning of Winter. Here at the farm we like to mark the first day of winter, whether it’s a hike in the woods, late night star gazing, or getting up in the middle of the night to catch a total lunar eclipse. While many people (myself included)…
DetailsIt’s brain suck day here at the farm. Zombies? Vampires? (although technically I guess vampires would be blood suckers not brain suckers) Neither. Today is the day we package up the fiber to send to the mill for processing. I’ve had several people ask how I go about shipping raw fiber. Raw fiber is fluffy…
DetailsLast week we met a customer in downtown Tulsa to drop off an internet order. Normally we mail orders but this time we knew we’d be in Tulsa and thought it’d be nice to hand deliver the order. I know many people shudder at the thought of dealing with the sparse parking and the one-way…
DetailsIf you’ve not entered the FB End of Year Giveaway today is your last opportunity. Click on the FB badge on the sidebar, become a friend of LostCity Knits and you might win a skein of lace weight merino yarn, a sachet, and some lavender shea butter! The next contest will be held here on…
DetailsWe know many of our Lost City Knits customers are concentrating on others this month. Maybe you’re gift knitting or maybe you’re shopping like mad. But a new year begins in just over three weeks, and so does 11 Shawls in 2011 on Ravelry. We want you to be ready. We’re debuting two new colorways,…
DetailsFor over twenty years people have been marking their calendar each year for the Tulsa Herb Society’s Carols & Crumpets. This Saturday from 8am to 3pm this popular holiday shopping event will be held at the Tulsa Garden Center located at 24th and Peoria in Midtown Tulsa. Lost City Knits will be there along with…
DetailsAs a special thank you to Lost City Knits online customers, we’ll be including a copy of the Generations Scarf/Stole pattern with each order placed through the end of 2010. Whether you’re stash enhancing or giving the gift of creativity through knitting to a friend or family member (or hinting to your loved one that…
DetailsDesert Southwest Vacation Part Two Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico Leaving the beautiful parks of Utah and making our way toward Taos on Utah Hwy 261 we took one of the most hair raising roads of the trip and probably my life (rivaled only by those skinny winding cliffside roads in Ireland). Sure there…
DetailsThe morning is glistening here on the farm as the sun shoots off the bits of ice and frost that covers limbs and grass. Numerous friends of mine are running 5K races in below freezing temperatures. Not me, once upon a time I did such things. Some are shopping and may have been for hours.…
DetailsHappy Thanksgiving to all of my US friends. I hope your holiday is filled with warmth and joy. 2010 Desert Southwest VacationPart One Our Friday morning started with a little flurry as we rushed around putting together our Oklahoma Food Coop order to drop off at Chef Teri’s kitchen. She’d graciously agreed to hold our…
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