Since last January, I’ve been planning to go to Shetland Wool Week 2019. By this time next year we’ll most likely be back in the States, so this seemed my best shot. Getting to the Shetlands is no joke, even from within Europe, must less from the US. But now,… Read More »Roadside Beanie & Getting Ready
My Melaine cardigan is nearly done. Sleeves are finished, ends woven in, and it’s even been blocked. All I need now are buttons: eight little ones in an antique pewter is what I want. I am really excited it’s nearly done as I think it’s going to be a great addition… Read More »All but the buttons
I’ve hit an important milestone on kilt hose #2: the calf shaping is complete. This is a really important point of progress because it means from here on out I just need to reference the instructions at key points because the most complete construction and knot-work is finished. The front… Read More »Someday there might be two
A couple years back I was at the Montpelier Fiber Festival helping out Unplanned Peacock at their booth. I used one of my breaks to attend a nalbinding demonstration, and picked up a couple nalbinding needles to boot. What is nalbinding? It’s a really old technique (much much older than knitting… Read More »New adventures: Nalbinding
Or, more accurately, on the last arm. I finished all of the decreases on the left arm, and am setting it aside to work the right arm to the same point. Part of the reason for this is because I altered the decrease rate to account for a) my larger… Read More »On the last leg
I’m making some pretty decent progress on my Melaine cardigan. I’ve finished the entire body, including button bands and i-cord edging. The instructions tell you to bind off the bottom, then do the sleeves before returning to the button bands (pretty standard order). But I chose to go ahead with… Read More »Just a couple sleeves to go…
So there are only two days left in Tour de Fleece, and let’s just say I’m hardly going to have the most impressive results. Neither Rumpelstiltskin nor the king would be impressed. But then the miller’s daughter wasn’t working a full time job as well. She probably didn’t let herself… Read More »Some progress with 2 days to go
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
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…
