Woah, April went by fast! We had the inlaws visiting for a very busy week, complete with trips to the zoo and kids museum! (My MIL and I also went shopping together for a day, and we dressed each other up - was a lot of fun!)
Also ordered a TON (ok, 20lbs) of Koi base [...]
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 up [...]
March 22, 2009 – 10:32 am
Lil Squish Sock Yarns: Grass Shoot, Jade, Tides.
Koi, Pure Bamboo colors: Rust & Bronze, Nevermore, Sapphire.
All of these are in the shop now - hooray for being productive! Now, off to see what I can do about some new colors for early April and the April samples for the April Phat Fiber box!
February 15, 2009 – 4:53 pm
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 I have 2 [...]
January 9, 2009 – 9:53 pm
Jan 9, 2009 - was reminded of the importance of lifelines. Am putting in my first one after having decided to frog back the 10 rounds of section two (trees) I’ve gotten done because the alignment with the previous section’s patterns is 3-4 stiches too far to one side and will drive me NUTS. And [...]
