Who would have thought

spinning something thicker than lace weight goes so much faster… In all of the last year I’ve managed to finish one spinning project, the 10 oz of Lorna’s Laces Black Purl, which according to my usual practice I spun into 2ply lace weight (circa 40 wpi) – it took from October of 2008 until this [...]

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Laying Plans

I like plans, I don’t always follow them, but I like making them – they make me feel organized, productive, and excited about all those things I’m going to do. I don’t like big event life plans – I find God tends to laugh at those and then tilt the universe so they become impracticable [...]

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Apparently…

Sock Blockers aren’t just photographic aids. Up until this weekend, that is all I had used mine for – giving socks shape in pictures, then I dediced that the Carolinas needed to be blocked and wow! I have been so wrong. I fully appreaciate the wonder that is blocking lace, but really couldn’t be bothered [...]

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Third Time’s a Charm

Didn’t work for the socks… didn’t like where the magical mystical tour was going… but I seem to have finally found a pattern that my Fleece Artist Merino Sock 2/6 wants to be when it grows up. I cast on the Diamond Fantasy Shawl (by Sivia Harding) over the weekend, looking for something harder than [...]

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Arabian Knights 0.5 – Blocked

Last night I stayed up (watching movies – Red Dragon – quite good, love Norton) until I finished the first half of the MDAN shawl. Now it is blocking. It is actually probably a good thing I chose to block this half on its own – it already takes up most of the bed it [...]

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I plied and plied

and then suddenly… it was done. I have finally finished spinning and plying so here are the specs – Bitter Green Fiber: 100% merino Colour: Hand-dyed shades of green and blue-green Amount: 4oz of fiber From: a ravelry destash Yield: 2 nearly full bobbins Spun as: lace weight 2 ply on the highest ratio on [...]

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Has it really been 2 months already…

So, yeah – bad blogger, no cookie. The knitting has been suffering from neglect (as has the spinning) but the sewing machine has had a strenuous workout. I’ve made: * 2 dresses for me, same style (1812, scoop neck, empire waist) but one is pink with white sleeves while the other is dark blue in [...]

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There is too much, let me sum up

1. Spent last week (last Saturday to today) at a cottage up in the Muskokas.  The cottage was lovely, the lake was lovely, but I am so incredibly not a lake person.  Give me a swimming pool (heated) (not to mention my internet address- I will never catch up) and keep the bugs.  I did, [...]

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Sox and Pats

I have finished another pair of socks!  My Noro Kueryon Sock RPMs came off the needles today (yeah!), it is however, far to warm to put them on my feet – but they look great on the sock blockers.  I still have between 1/4 and 1/3 of the ball left.  Overall I was really pleased [...]

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Just Keep Spinning

My week is almost over, and I’m actually a bit disappointed.  I rather liked having cooking, cleaning, and laundry as my serious objectives (I’m dreading having to go back to my thesis…) On the fiber front, this week was really quite productive. I finished all of the Barber Pole Blues, and the Purple Haze, I [...]

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