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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘spinning’
Who would have thought
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged lace, life, mdan, shopping, spinning on January 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Laying Plans
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged mdan, plans, socks, spinning on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Under the Weather
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christmas, gift, planning, shopping, spinning, stash on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Whoa and Blerg and Y-ay
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged life, moncton, school, shopping, spinning on January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Arabian Knights 0.5 – Blocked
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blocking, mdan, specs, spinning on October 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Bitter Green Specs Update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged specs, spinning on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Soo… the yarn is now skeined (on my handy but ever so s.l.o.w. niddy noddy), soaked (in SOAK no less), set (with much smashing against my shower wall) and now hangs in my shower in an attempt to dry (but as it is now chilly here this will likely take days). I ended up with [...]
I plied and plied
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged FO, gift, mdan, sheldon, sock, specs, spinning on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Call Me Kate the Great
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cooking, life, reenactment, sewing, shopping, spinning, tdf on July 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
With mom away I get to run the house. This morning by 10AM, I had planned the menu for the week, sorted all the laundry, tidied up the freezer, and was at the grocery store (note to self – it opens at 8AM could have saved time if I’d known that). By 1ish… I had: [...]
There is too much, let me sum up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 3mi, bamboo, family, fiber, life, mdan, shawl, shopping, sock, spinning, tdf on July 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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, [...]

