26 Apr
The nutkin socks, they’re done! Finally! Of course now that I’ve finished these (and they fit very well) I just cast on the Sheep and Wool Hat. I’ve been looking at it for a while now, not really sure if I wanted to knit it, then I saw a picture of it on someone and [...]
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24 Apr
A few days after I got my package from Yorkie (see the post directly before this one) I decided that I needed to spin some of the larger of the two rovings. I split it in half and pre-drafted one of those halfs, saving the other half for later. Now originally I wanted to use [...]
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17 Apr
After three months I finally, FINALLY, got my package from Yorkie!! It had roving from Lorna’s Laces and then she also put in a package of sour and animal crackers…and some how a random CD or some country singer made its way here. We’re assuming that, someone from the post office slipped it in. I [...]
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13 Apr
I finally, FINALLY, finished this last night. I’m amazingly happy about it. Its lace weight spun from ~100g of undyed merino.
A closer up version
I think when I get home I’m going to go through it and find the best section, cut it out (making sure its long enough), and enter it into the skein contest [...]
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07 Apr
I finished these socks today in almost record time for me, considering that I started them when I was bogged down with midterms and such. I also managed to write a 12 page paper in a day. Thank you Sarah Lawrence College – I don’t know what I would have done with out you and [...]
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01 Apr
This year is going so quickly! Just the other day I was on Kärntnerstraße watching the fireworks with Sarah (and Dan as well as Justin (at least I think he was there…), Betsy, David, and Dan’s girl friend at the time). I leave for Portland in a month and a half. I’m really sad and [...]
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