Progress and Casualties First, the progress: I’m on 4/4 turtles in the Ocean Rain top from John Arbon Textiles: The spindle I’m using here is one I’ve had a rockier relationship with. It’s made by Subterranean Woodworks and feels well balanced, but I’ve never felt like I was getting it… Read More »Spinning Campaign Report
So far I’ve been doing pretty well at maintaining my goal to spin every day. I still have a bit more to do today, but my regular attention to spinning has generated two finished cops: I’ve finished spinning up 3/4 of the teal now, so I just have about 1oz… Read More »February is for Fiber – day 10
You may recall that at the start of the year I said it was really good I hadn’t resolved to go on a yarn and fiber diet, because I’d already been shopping online. Well, I thought I’d show you what’s arrived in the mail since then. But first, my lovely… Read More »Recent Stash Acquisitions
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 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
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??
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
That’s my excuse for the time between posts. I never had any intention of taking the time to post while visiting AwesomeE and my folks last weekend, but I sort of thought I’d post sometime this week. But here we are Saturday, and I’ve only got time for a quick… Read More »Jet lag sucks…
