Today I finally made it into the studio for the first time in a while to properly craft and not just grab something or print off a file. I’m still not quite used to this “I have a studio” thing. It does function most as my husband’s office, but my… Read More »A Satisfying Day at MY Fiber Studio
Alternate titles: “Mud Mud Mud” or “The Stash Grows Ever Larger” Hi there folks! Believe it or not, I did make it to MD Sheep and Wool this year. TheEnabler and I headed to MD to visit AwesomeE and her fam, as well as my family. We ended up with… Read More »MD Sheep and Wool
The hardest part about letting this blog sit idle for so long is trying to figure out where to begin… So I’m going to mostly start with what I’m up to now, and over time try to go back and fill in what’s happened while the blog has been quiet.… Read More »Where to even start?
First, I’m still here! I know I said I was taking off August, and now we’re in the middle of October… let’s just say that for all I knew the move would be intense and take a lot of time and energy… I still was wayyyy too optimistic about what… Read More »Some quick updates
So, I must confess… we’ve had a couple visits from the delivery people this week. The first was to deliver some yarn I’d ordered from a shop in Berlin, Wollen Berlin. This is one of the shops I visited in Berlin what seems like ages and ages ago (hmm… probably… Read More »Can You Have Too Much Orange?
Every profession, hobby, sport, etc… has it’s own humor. Some are inside jokes based on the vocabulary and jargon unique to the subject. These, I’ll admit, tend to be my favorite. Some are based on stereotypes of the people who participate in it or create broad (and harmful) generalizations. These… Read More »Thoughts on Knitting/Crafting Humor
On Saturday, the last two months of my Clan of Igor subscription from Undercover Otter arrived. They were dyed and shipped together due to some challenges in getting the yarn sourced for November – it was going to be late. Thanks pandemic. Anyway, as usual, I realized I hadn’t shown… Read More »A Year of Igors and Otters
A little while ago, I mentioned my plans to make a totally kick-ass bright knit jacket from several of the Clan of Igor colors I received in the spring. I knit up my gauge swatch, washed it, measured it… and then sat on it for a while as I slowly… Read More »Drat you gauge!
Art Batt Surprises Last weekend I finished up my skein of bright yellow yarn from the art batt by Barn2Yarn. AwesomeE commented last time I posted about this that the batt looked “beachy somehow” and while updating my projects, I looked up the name of the batt: “Beach Sunset”… looks… Read More »Hidden layers
I signed up for the Early Bird Knit Stars 5.0 back in May when it opened up* and one of the Early Bird perks promised what early access to the exclusive yarns and colorways for the classes. I’ll be honest, at the time I didn’t think much about that. I… Read More »Well, that was my yarn budget for 2020…
