Cake Tutorial – First you bake it

Last night I got a bit more spinning done, while I watched Stardust with my sister.  I continue to work my way through the merino/silk and to contemplate what to do with it in the end.
Today, my second bead order arrived:
   
(NTS- check hole size in beads more carefully, these are too small for the wire [...]

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Ravelry Fora have EATEN MY BRAIN!

Oh. the Drama! 
 Over the last few days I’ve done very little knitting ( I knit and then frogged a Foliage, it didn’t work right with my handspun… so sad.) 

But I have managed to get a bit more thesising done and keep my room clean.  I ordered more beads… I needed them… (and the place has [...]

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Spring Cleaning

Yesterday I finally gave in and admitted that I wasn’t going to get anything substaintial done on the editing front this weekend.  And so, last night involved a lot of knitting. Some work on my left over sock yarn blanket (based off of this pattern from Ravelry), and I finished the foot and turned the [...]

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2 FO in 1 day

Today I finished the first of the Jaywalkers.

And finished mom’s birthday shawl.  The shawl was a lovely knit, but the beading at the end was painful (however, not as bad as I was expecting).

I’m also now tending towards a Minstrel…. (and buying a tensioned lazy-kate).  I’m thinking I could stain it a dark green and [...]

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