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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Under the Weather

or rather under the influence of the weather, I have begun the annual ritual of preparing for Christmas, more specifically preparing my knitting plans for Christmas. Naturally, this involves trips to yarn stores and online yarn orders. Notice I said “trips” to the yarn-store… Earlier this week I made my first foray out for Christmas [...]

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Shoes and Stash

Yesterday I had to go shopping, you know for the necessities that arise with the purchase of any new dress. Gold (and white) shoes for the wedding, which are both cute and comfortable And since I was in town I decided to check out the yarn store, I mean I have already been living here [...]

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Worse Than Yarn Stores

I found something worse than yarn stores, a place were wool fumes are stronger, a place credit cards mention only in a fearful hush, while looking over their shoulders. This place is Dye-Version‘s showroom. I think being so close to the source of amazing hand-dyed and hand-painted yarns should come with a warning.  (I think [...]

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Birthday S(tash) E(enhancing) (e)X(perience)

So yes, one year older…which means… what else, more yarn! Saturday I went on one last Toronto Yarn Crawl with M and G, and we introduced my god-mother to the wonders of the modern yarn store. We started with Indian Buffet on Queen and then headed out to Romni (because, it has to be seen [...]

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A Good Mail Day in One Box

My Phat Fiber Sampler arrived today. I opted for the fiber option (meaning, yarn, accessories and fiber). Here is a detailed break down of the contents… with links… and pictures… Yarn: *Artemisia Ink Studio Arts: 21 yds, 2ply merino/alpaca (one ply is merino, the other alpaca) bulky handspun in Cranberry Rainbow (purples, blues, greens) *Bohemian [...]

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Whoa and Blerg and Y-ay

First off – Happy New Year!! (Only half a month behind!!) The Whoa: * I’m supposed to submit my thesis in less than 10 weeks!! * We are moving to Moncton!! For those of you unfamiliar with Canadian geography here is the map showing Toronto and Moncton (the distance is a mere 1,522km/946mi and almost [...]

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More Shopping

But first FO pics! Specs: BSJ of Many Colours Pattern: Baby Suprise Jacket Designer: EZ Size: um, small… Yarn: Araucania Ranco Multy Colourway: 314 Yardage: little more than half of the ball Needles: 3.75mm circs Cast On: Nov. 19.08 Bound Off: Nov. 21.08 Notes: As has been said before, just follow the instructions (and don’t [...]

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It was the wool fumes…

I swear! Well… actually, all things considered I did pretty darn well. Yes, I bought yarn. I was down on King West (like really far west… as in almost to Roncevalles west) and what do you do when you have hours to kill after a meeting at that end of town before you can catch [...]

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oohhh shiny!

Yesterday my Loopy Ewe order came! I had ordered Stricken and Ornette and 2 skeins of Malabrigo Lace in the Cypress colourway. And since it was my 6th order, I achieved Loopy Groupie status (I won’t spoil it for anyone else waiting to see what the surprises are). But I will say this, I am [...]

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