Last night I went to SnB for the first time in six months. It was so good to see everyone again! I’d like to try to get back there more often, if possible. The timing and location aren’t so great for me, but I love being surrounded by two dozen awesome knitters. I got one […]
Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: Baby M Blanket, SnB, babyclothes, bloo socks, gifts, scarf, sock | 2 Comments »
I never thought I’d be saying this, but here goes:
I think I have too much yarn.
Not that I don’t love it, you understand. Not that I don’t take it all out of the basket every so often, arrange it in a neat semi-circle on the floor, and admire it. Not that I don’t pull […]
Posted on August 15th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: meta-knitting, stash, yarn | 4 Comments »
While I was at Pennsic, I taught a friend to spin on the drop spindle, using the park-and-draft technique that worked for me at my first Sheep & Wool festival. Then she helped me teach two people to knit with the yarn and needles that I’d specifically bought for teaching and giving away. Everyone […]
Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Pirate
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I’m back from the War with lots of knitting behind me!
The Bloo Sock is (now) past the heel and into the gusset. I knit the heel flap and turned the heel, but either the numbers were off or I can’t count to 31, so I tinked back and re-turned the heel with my own […]
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: Baby M Blanket, babyclothes, bloo socks, design, sock | No Comments »
I had some extra time yesterday while waiting to resume my vacation, so I started spinning. Actually, I think I spent most of the time pre-drafting; the spinning itself went pretty quickly. Here is one quarter of the Cloverleaf Farms BFL that I got at MD Sheep and Wool this year. I had done […]
Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: fiber, spinning | 3 Comments »
This weekend is the beginning of vacation! Pirate-Husband and I are going to an annual medieval-style camping event. We’re going up to the site this weekend just to get our land and tent set up, and then coming back, working for a few more days, and going back to site Wednesday of next week. We […]
Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: Baby M Blanket, babyclothes, bloo socks, fiber, sock, spinning, swiffer cover | 2 Comments »
Last week I was admiring this gorgeous roving from FreckleFaceFibers on Etsy, 4.4 ounces of BFL. I emailed a link to Pirate-Husband just to say how beautiful it was, and added that I was tempted to break my yarn & fiber diet for it. (As if it’s not broken enough!) Then I emailed the […]
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: fiber, gifts, spinning, stash | 1 Comment »
No kidding, there I was, picking out another two balls of Sugar and Cream in Michael’s with Pirate-Husband so that I can make a Swiffer cover for an online friend who commissioned one in yellow and blue. Those selected, I commented that I still didn’t know what to knit for my friend Asa, who […]
Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Pirate
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A few weeks ago, in the Virginia forum on Ravelry, I ‘met’ someone who lives in my neighborhood. She was having a bunch of people over and invited me and Pirate-Husband to join in the fun, so last night we headed down the mountain to her house. We had a great time. It’s so good […]
Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: lace, ravelry | 1 Comment »
I know I said I was on a yarn diet, but sometimes exceptions have to be made. In this case, two balls of Lily Sugar and Cream for my swiffer cover. My theory is that if I don’t buy the yarn, I can’t make the cover - and if I don’t have the cover, I […]
Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Pirate
Filed under: swiffer cover, yarn | 1 Comment »
