It’s been a busy week on a number of front. I’ve had a lot of work meetings, including some later into the evening, so that’s definitely reduced my time for crafting and blogging. I have been able to get a decent amount of spinning done, and I’ll be on the… Read More »Light at the end of the Rainbow
About a week ago, I finished up TheEnablers’ Crazy Zauberball socks: I was even pretty good about getting the ends woven in and giving them a nice bath, so by the end of the weekend my husband had a fresh new pair of socks to wear. I checked my project… Read More »Him and Her Socks
I continue to make progress on my rainbow gradient. Fiber that keeps moving through the colors certainly helps keep things going! I’ve been mixing the transition pieces by hand rather than using any sort of carding or comb to do it. I have such implements, but wouldn’t want to use… Read More »Don’t eat these limes!
I continue to be delighted by my lovely bog oak spindle. Last week I reached the end of the first half of the rainbow gradient: I just love how in the photo above you can see hints of the deep raspberry yarn peeking through the brilliant blue of the last… Read More »Yarn in Production
Yesterday I started planning my next couple needle felting projects from landscape photos I have. I cut the pre-felt to size and started pulling together colors, but I realized I was short a couple of the colors I needed for both of the next two landscapes I wanted to do.… Read More »Oh right! I make the rules
I finished knitting my Oppositional Cardigan over the weekend. It took a little to block it as the weather turned cooler and damper at the beginning of the week. I also had to be careful to pat it into shape and not stretch it, or the superwash wool was ready… Read More »Opposition(al) Conquered and Snuggly
In 2020 I signed up for Undercover Otter’s Clan of Igor club. This left me with lots of yummy Undercover Otter yarns, but I also received little goodies each month of various types, from gummy worms to rainbow pens. One of those goodies was a little progress keeper in the… Read More »Might have gotten carried away
On Monday I finally finished up my needle felt stream painting. It sat untouched for a while for a couple reasons. I was working to make a pair of socks pretty quickly for a couple weeks, and thus worked on very little else. And then I just needed projects for… Read More »Abstract Stream – Finished
A common problem many knitters have is that their cast on edge is too tight, particularly with a long tail cast on. There are various solutions people propose, and others suggest some of those solutions won’t work. The most common suggest is to either go up a needle size or… Read More »Long Tail Cast On – How to Loosen Up
This last week or so, I’ve picked up my hand spinning game. First, I finished plying my Pollen Gold yarn on Monday: It looks really lovely in the sunshine in particular. I still need to give it a bath to set the twist and see what characteristics the finished yarn… Read More »Spin Spin Spin
