My Tour de Fleece goals have been modest this year: finish the Pomegranate mohair (including plying) and spin at least 15min each day. I met the first goal over the weekend in Amsterdam: 200+ yards of 2ply mohair in a color dubbed “Pomegranate”: I bought the mohair back in 2014… Read More »Tour de Fleece update
I made a very wise tactical decision to go to Stephen & Penelope on Thursday after work, when they stay open later (until 8pm) instead of waiting until Saturday. This brought two benefits: 1) I was one of only a few customers in the shop, making it easier to take… Read More »Amsterdam Acquisitions
I promise that tomorrow I will put up a post of my new yarn treasures, what I have been knitting, and how Tour de Fleece is going. But we just got home from Amsterdam, and I have a kitten to pet. Or she says she will be claiming more than… Read More »Tomorrow
This year I made an effort to prepare for Tour de Fleece. By which I mean I got it together enough to join a team on Ravlery: Team Spindlers 2019. It made sense to me since it means my team mates are fellow spindlers. Yet again, I realized this was… Read More »Tour de Fleece 2019
I’m totally running behind on my blog posts. So prepare for a bit of catch up over the next few. First, my knitting from the past week or so: I’ve made a nice bit of progress on my Melaine cardigan. This has been aided by temperatures cool enough in Germany (down… Read More »A bit behind…
I received an amazing surprise in the mail: yarn! And really special yarn at that. My cousin was able to attend the annual carding and spinning event on a Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. First, I am extremely jealous as it sounds like she had an amazing time and the… Read More »Surprise Yarn
I feel like I’ve been on a it of a yarn buying spree – but for other people – lately. Well, mostly… there were those two impulse skeins of Regia, but what sock knitter can resist inexpensive sturdy and pretty sock yarn? Irresistable combo. I still haven’t learned to head… Read More »Yarn Fairy
If you’ve been offline or haven’t checked Social Media (or some news outlets) since Sunday, it’s just possible you missed the news: Ravelry has banned support of Trump and his administration. If you have not already, I urge you to go and read through the policy as well as their… Read More »Ravelry did the right thing
I feel like I’m over the hump on my cardigan (or is that two humps?) I’m past the bust now, which means I’ve finished all my bust dart increases (and corresponding decreases) as well as my short rows. When I try it on, it looks good. The front edges stay… Read More »Over the hump
Know what’s great? When you learn that a friend/family member/colleague or similar has decided to take up knitting (or crochet, spinning, etc…). Why? A couple reasons. The first is frankly probably the most important: I genuinely believe fiber and textile arts/crafts to be really fullfilling and fantastic pursuits. They involve… Read More »Putting on my enabler hat
