I’ve been doing a little more spinning again, with a lovely Devonia blend called “Pollen Gold” from John Arbon Textiles: I now have two 25gr turtles spun, with two more to go. I feel like I’ve finally got a good sense of both the fiber and the spindle, and I’m… Read More »Clearly not an allergy sufferer
Over a couple days this past week I got around to washing my Barn2Yarn skeins to set the twist. Because the weather was not conducive to hanging the drippy skeins to dry outside, I did half one day, and half the next so I could hang them in our small… Read More »A Discerning Thief
In various old fairy tales, a “year and a day” is an important length of time – whether it’s the length of a magic curse, how long somebody has to complete a task, or simply the accepted length of time to remain in mourning (which is much more humane than… Read More »A Year and a Day
Today we had a lovely sunny day, so I pulled my camera out for some pictures. First up, I finally managed some decent images of the lovely Ocean Rain yarn I finished in February: I am incredibly happy with how it turned out, and it makes me happy to see… Read More »Sunshine and Fireworks
We woke up to a grey chilly day yesterday. It had clearly been raining all night and a light rain was still coming down. Add to this that we only get about 9hrs of daylight right now (if you think that’s not bad, consider that for a “standard” white collar… Read More »Comfy Handmade Clothes
The blanket it coming along. After a really slow beginning of the week, I’ve now just about caught up to where I need to be. It took me through Thursday to finish both sides of the next stranded colorwork sections: I really needed that done by Tuesday to be on… Read More »Just might get there…
Wednesday afternoon I headed for the airport to travel home. It was a crazy realization that “home” meant leaving the US and that I really did feel like I was going home. A first for this trip – I took all of my originally scheduled flights. So of the eight different planes… Read More »Back home and goal setting
As you recall, I don’t play yarn chicken. No, I use tools like my scale, my calculator and MATH to avoid the stress that is yarn chicken. But if I had been playing yarn chicken, I’d just like you to know that I would have won. By 7in. No, 7in of… Read More »I made it…
First, yes, I did have to eliminate those other rows I was eyeing. It was clear I wasn’t going to make it if I kept them. But now I am solidly past the half way mark, my cowl still looks good, and I’m on track to use 112g of my… Read More »Math is on my side
I am a chicken when it comes to yarn chicken. I know some knitters seem to live for the thrill of finding out if they’ll have enough yarn at the very end. I only have so many hours for knitting and while sometimes frogging in unavoidable, I see no reason to… Read More »Yarn Chicken and a PLAN
