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Orkney Pi & Free Yarn

By Oriri Draco | Published: March 31, 2009

I’ve had my doubts if I’d ever get through the Section 2 trees of the Pink Orkney Pi shawl. Especially after having to frog the ENTIRE SHAWL 5 rows into Section 2 the first time, and then ripping back to the end of Section 1 lifeline the second time. (What? The trees were not lining [...]

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Color & Contrast: Yarn Desktops

By Oriri Draco | Published: March 11, 2009

It’s been a while since I took yarn artsy fartsy photos worth setting as my desktop. However, the new bamboo colors have been calling to me. With the addition of the newest three colors, it was just too much to resist. (Besides, I’ve always been a sucker for rainbow order and good contrast.) Long story [...]

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Bullets: Blogging Helpers for the Brain Fried

By Oriri Draco | Published: February 15, 2009

Despite running my own yarn shop of sorts, I still feel like I don’t have enough yarn: I really need to dye more of my sock yarn. This is all that is left: I also really need to dye more Koi. This is all I have left of this one: The good news is that [...]

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Ooo, Shiny!

By Oriri Draco | Published: October 2, 2008

Have spent the past two days dyeing non-stop. Seventy plus hanks of yarn dyed. Yes, seventy. Seven-zero, 70. If you count the past four days, the total is just over 90. Really and truly, that is a lot of yarn. And a lot of work. And a lot of dye. Exhaustion aside, I’ve loved every [...]

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What Matters Most Isn’t the Felted Yarn in the Closet

By Oriri Draco | Published: December 5, 2007

At the end of the day, what matters most isn’t the felted yarn in the closet. It’s not what I didn’t get done, or that my hands are nearly every shade between blue and red, with a bit of green for good luck. It doesn’t bother me that my nails are quick-short, with remnants of [...]

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