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Monthly Archives: February 2008

To Err Is Human…

To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer. -Paul Ehrlich
Having a hell of a day, and it’s not even 11am.
I’m trying to order samples from a company that carries several base yarns I’ve been trying to find. However, my email clients are not cooperating. Each time I send mail, [...]

I’m Alive, Promise!

I’m alive, I promise, I’m alive!!
I’ve been quiet because my dear husband took from Valentine’s Day to my birthday (Feb 22nd) off, as something of a present to me. So I spent the past week or so catching up on quality time with him, sleep and slacking on all things work related. It was [...]

Quiet & Anniversaries

Things have been quiet on the yarn front this week. I have four new sock yarns to list, two more dyeing, and several more I need to get started. I’ve had requests to do more bulky and worsted, and am looking at the possibility of ordering more base yarn in those weights, and a possible [...]

Me: 1, Greens: 2

It only took three tries, but I GOT them. Ok, they aren’t as close as I want, but they are as close as I can get without absolutely losing my mind.
Jungle Green, which is a bit more green, a bit less blue - second photo shows the different colors the best:

Emerald, which is actually pretty [...]

AAAAAAAAAAARG… And Yarn Pictures.

So. Very. Frustrated.
I’ve spent most of the evening trying to take pictures of yarns. Some I can get, but three greens, no matter what I do, come out looking WAY more blue than they are. I’ve tweaked, set and reset the white balance until I’m blue in the face, messed with lighting until I see [...]