So this was going to be my Ravolympics project – the saddle shoulder sweater (which I’m steeking and turning into a cardigan) in Knitting Without Tears. Well I didn’t so much complete it, by the time the Olympics were over I was done with the body and about half way done with one sleeve. as [...]
The sweater yarn is done! All one and a half pounds of it. It ended up being 1087 yards and it knits up to 5 sts per inch on a US7. I’m going to use it for Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Seamless Saddle Shoulder Pullover for the Ravelympics. Now the real challenge is waiting until the Olympics [...]
…though I don’t think I ever really left. I went to SOAR, got really sick (swine flu possibly) at SOAR, and then fell off the face of the earth with this and my other blog it seems. I had been putting off and putting off updating despite the fact that I get weekly backup emailed [...]
So yesterday was the last day of the Tour de France (congrats Alberto Contador) and thus the last day of the Tour de Fleece. Of course, as could have easily been predicted from last year, I didn’t spin nearly as much as I thought I would. I ended up spinning one skein of sock yarn [...]
This is the latest addition to my fiber turned into yarn stash about 370 yards of fingering 3-ply merino that I spun from fiber that I bought from Lavender Sheep when was at Black Sheep. I don’t have anything on the wheel as of now (I know, how could I let my wheel be vacant [...]
I had a bit of a late start on Tour de Fleece (think Tour de France but for spinning) as I just wans’t feeling it spinning wise on the 4th (though I did play the Sims 3…a lot) so I don’t have any pictures from that up yet (my first skein should be done by [...]
This is my newest toy that I got today at Black Sheep. A Strauch Petite drum carder that I bought from Carolina Homespun this afternoon. I made a bee line over to her booth when I got out for my lunch break during the my first of two Nancy Finn workshops this weekend. Today’s workshop [...]
I’ve been really bad about posting lately (suprise suprise) so finally, this morning, I decided to take the time to take some pictures of what I’ve been up to as of late. The socks above are the Barber Pole socks that have been on the needles for about a month now. They could have been [...]
This showed up at my door last week! After a few weeks of emailing back and for the Morgaine at Carolina Homespun my 25 inch Schacht Flip is finally here! It took a few weeks because I originally ordered a 24 inch Kromski Harp and then called them so I could also order a Will [...]
My life has been a bit stressful lately which is the main cause for my lack of frequent posting, but I have still been doing fibery stuff.
I got a three pound babydoll south down fleece last week from the same woman I got my last south down fleece from. This one is really really nice. [...]
