Hi, I’m Rachel. I’ve been a blogger since around 2000 back in the day when there were just a handful of blogs and before Blogger was sold to Google. In 2004 I started my recipe blog Coconut & Lime which was one of the very first food blogs. That was so long ago, I had to use third party hosting to post pictures! I’ve made a career out of creating recipes thanks to that blog and have written several cookbooks.
Blogging might not be as popular as it once was but I can’t seem to stop myself from wanting to start one.
So of course I’m documenting my journey into weaving. I started freeform frame loom weaving in January 2021 after reading this in the Strategist and made a ton of wall hangings. I have some for sale in my Etsy shop, Rya Knot. Then in June 2021 I purchased a Kromski Harpe Forte Rigid Heddle Loom and started this blog.
My Latest Posts
- Giverny CowlI went to Knitter’s Day out again this year and took a two color brioche cowl class with Lavanya Patricella where I realized that brioche wasn’t too difficult but more tedious than I generally enjoy with results that weren’t that exciting. I came home and made this simple knitted cowl alternating the yarn I bought… Read more: Giverny Cowl
- The Candy Shoppe ShawlI wanted something easy to take on a trip to the beach so I looked for simple patterns that used yarn I already had and didn’t have earmarked for something else. The pattern was shared by a yarn store I follow online. It was the 2025 Greater Boston Yarn Crawl shawl pattern so it was… Read more: The Candy Shoppe Shawl
Rya Knot 