Yesterday I wanted to work on my beaded shawl, but a certain feline friend lost* one of the the rubber stoppers to my bead needle and nearly spilled a canister of beads everywhere the day before in leaping onto my desk. As I scrambled to rescue the beads, she starting… Read More »I made it!
I brought a mix of yarn from the US to Germany – different colors and weights, and also a mix of yarns with a specific pattern in mind and others with just a general idea of what I might do. Take the yarns above – I was pretty sure I’d… Read More »What makes a project special enough?
I finished binding off the cowl today. I did have to rip back a few rows and use the white handspun for the first two rows of the 8 row edge to ensure I had enough of the tweed 2ply to finish and bind off. I finished it this afternoon… Read More »Patience!
I have stayed focused since my last post and worked almost exclusively on my cowl and plying. The cowl is only a few rows away from complete though I definitely have a game of yarn chicken in progress: If I need to I can finish it with more of the… Read More »Progress visible and barely visible
Look, I’ll be honest. I’m pretty proud that I managed to get five days into the New Year before the urge to cast on my first project of 2020 got the better of me. I realize that I cast on two new projects in the final weeks of 2019 and… Read More »New Year, New Beginnings…
It’s a good thing my resolutions don’t include “don’t buy yarn” because I’d have already failed. I’m not counting signing up for Clan of Igors since I technically signed up yesterday, in 2019, even if the yarn doesn’t arrive until 2020. But today I bought a couple skeins from Garnsurr,… Read More »Welcome to 2020 and a Happy New Year
As we were driving back from Voroneț to Iași, my aunt remarked that I had clearly been working on multiple things over the holiday and asked just how many I brought with me. And was I working on all of them? Or had I finished that red yarn before I… Read More »So how many projects did you bring??
We have had a couple slow paced days here so far, which is a nice change of pace from our usually pretty action packed travels. We arrived safely at my aunt’s house late Friday night after a rather intense 3hr drive through foggy country roads. One problem with driving in… Read More »First days in Romania
My aunt has been traveling to Romania regularly since I was in grade school since she did Peace Corp there. Both my siblings have been, but until now life hasn’t worked out for me to visit with her. Last year when she stayed with us for Christmas, we discussed the… Read More »Off again, this time to Romania
All of us who knit, crochet, spin, or otherwise participate in fiber crafts and fiber arts benefit from community, whether virtual or in person. And I think as we’re in We learn new skills from and are inspired by the works of those around us. My knitting skills got a… Read More »Contributing to our Community
