Category Archives: Yarn Porn

An Overdue Wall of Text

By Oriri Draco | Published: March 11, 2010

It’s been almost a year since I wrote here, and a lot has happened and changed, and some has stayed the same, like things are wont to do. We are, amazingly, still living in the same house we were living in a year ago. Granted, we’ve had two dishwashers break, a tub that needs repair [...]

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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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Just Pictures – Shop Update for Feb 1, 2009

By Oriri Draco | Published: January 31, 2009

Just pictures of the yarns going into the shop tomorrow. (May or may not be going in the shop, due to the pilling. If it does, probably at a discount.)

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