I love the new WordPress. Well, it’s not really new, but it’s new enough to me. It’s so… spiffy.
I also love my first pair of Fetchings. I’ve finished knitting them, and am waiting for them to dry after giving them a good rinse. (Mostly because I unknowingly sat on one for quite a while while [...]
This was my living room the day before the movers arrived.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t fit it all into the footlocker. The new bulky and worsteds had to be wrapped up in a plastic bag and packed. The new lace weight, the bamboo and cotton yarns are happily wrapped up and locked away in the footlocker, however. [...]
Sat down and swatched the new lace weight, to get a feel for what needle size to use. Decided to see how it looked on US 3’s.
Not too shabby! Those are Six inch needles, Knit Picks, getting about 7 sts per inch. I have to admit that I was a bit worried the yarn would [...]
Hand spun I’ve been working on for ages for a good friend of mine, custom colors.
100% Bamboo, currently around fingering weight, dyed after being spun, fading from brown to orange. Will be plied once fully dry to blend colors a bit. The goal is for the final knit item to resemble autumn leaves. (:
I think [...]
Goooood morning sunshines! (It’s not yet 10am here, and I’ve been going hard since 7:00am. Yay caffeine and techno music! Please pardon my exuberance, if you will?)
Today is a re-skeining day. Lots and lots of it! It’s a bit slow going, since I’m winding from my homemade swift to my niddy noddy. (Yes, I’ve got [...]