Category Archives: Spinning News

On UFO’s

By Oriri Draco | Published: May 29, 2009

Remember these? By some miracle that one lonely sock is not so lonely now. This was before I ripped out the heel the first time and started over. I actually have a heel (HA, spelled that hell at first!) and a quarter inch of leg now. (Please ignore the obvious lack of sun and time [...]

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Something About Yarn and Then OMG TEH CUTE.

By Oriri Draco | Published: May 13, 2009

Holy cow, am I tired. I wish being so tired right now was because I’ve been dyeing like mad to restock the shop, but unfortunately, that’s not the case. No matter how badly the shop rather suddenly needs restocking. *glee* (It’s been a great week on that front, seriously, shock and glee all week. I [...]

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Something Uniquely Ours

By Oriri Draco | Published: April 1, 2009

Three pounds of chocolatey goodness next to my desk. I waited over 24 hours before touching it. But the peanut butter filled chocolate bunnies and chocolate crisp thingies were calling me. Surprisingly, though I love Reese’s like there is no tomorrow, the chocolate crisps beat out the peanut butter bunnies. Not saying much as it’s [...]

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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 [...]