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Well, that puts things into perspective 12 Mar 2011 | 10:10 am
This morning's news about the mega-quake/tsunami combo in Japan has pretty much wiped away any ideas I had about writing a knitting and/or spinning-related post today. I've been glued to my computer a...
This might be the one 11 Mar 2011 | 10:58 am
After my last post, I spun up some of the Fat Cat Knits fibre, just to see whether there was a hope in hell of it coordinating with what I spun last week. The result: (Middle skein is the Fat Cat one...
Betwixt and between 9 Mar 2011 | 08:00 am
I mentioned to you the other day that I've been thinking quite seriously about knitting a sweater from wool I've spun myself. This might not seem like a big deal to some people—choosing the right fib...
Marathon woman 8 Mar 2011 | 09:21 am
In our "Biting Off More than We Can Chew" department, I give you my two latest spinning projects: an 8 oz. coil of blue Corriedale/silk, and two 4 oz. wine-coloured braids of local alpaca/bamboo. The...
True love 5 Mar 2011 | 07:15 am
I know I've been talking a lot about spinning lately, and it really seems like that's all I've been doing, fibre-wise, but in fact I've had a few projects on the go (including that bally hat, but perh...
In which I completely blank on a clever title 4 Mar 2011 | 11:07 am
Well, you won't believe what's on my needles today. I can hardly believe it myself: I'm not the biggest fan of violent radioactive green acrylic, and yet for reasons that I cannot yet disclose, I'm b...
Lessons, learned and not learned 3 Mar 2011 | 09:08 am
So last summer while I was visiting Victoria's sweet little fibre arts store, Knotty by Nature, I bought two 4oz. braids of the most beautifully dyed Corriedale. I couldn't wait to start spinning them...
So. About those gloves. 12 Feb 2011 | 09:02 am
I've been glued to my computer screen all day today, watching the story unfold in Egypt (with a brief reprieve to go have lunch with Rachel and two of her friends at The Pantry in the Glebe Community ...
Random Thursday 11 Feb 2011 | 05:24 am
1. First, thanks to everyone for the good wishes (and for not pointing out that pouring boiling water on my foot might be just a tad on the klutzy side). I have stocked up on 2nd Skin burn pads and ou...
A tender topic 10 Feb 2011 | 06:25 am
So Monday evening started reasonably well, with a visit to the Ottawa Valley Spinners and Weavers Guild monthly meeting. Nice people, lots of interesting discussion, and egg salad finger sandwiches—wh...
