Posted in kitchen, spinning, tagged AVFKW, bat, crown mountain farms, kitchen, shetland, singles, spindle, spinning, zucchini pancakes on August 2, 2009 | 9 Comments »
(And other stuff, too. But first, the shetland.)
I was digging through my fiber bin yesterday, and found some shetland in progress on a spindle, as well as some singles stored on metal knitting needles, patiently waiting to be plyed or finished. I worked on the shetland for a little while, and just had to snap [...]
Posted in knitting, spinning, tagged boh, cosy, cvm, emerald city, jacob, knitting, roving, spinning, vanilla socks, yarn pirate on July 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I could not stop spinning yesterday. I finished the second bobbin of this gorgeously rich cvm from cosy, and debated plying it right away. Instead, I set this bobbin aside to rest, and dug through my fiber stash.
This is 4 oz. of jacob wool from a farm just outside of town. I picked this up [...]
Posted in out of doors, tagged boh, home, road trip on July 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
3871 miles later, we’re home. Stayed tuned for pictures of our adventures (likely spread out over the next few posts).
Happy weekend!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2-ply, AVFKW, baking, beans, FO, kitchen, pie, spinning on May 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yay! My first wheel-plied yarn! Some ravelry forum advice confirmed my decisions to turn this into a 2-ply. My singles are a bit underspun to remain singles, so I’ll try again with something else. I am thrilled with how this looks all plied up — the wheel makes a huge difference with respect to evenness [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Or should it be up? I am thrilled with the way this turned out. I haven’t done any of the regular tidying — weaving in ends, closing up small gaps near picked up stitches, etc. and it looks terrific! I’ll try to self-edit as I post, as I may have done some rather excessive photo-documentation [...]
Posted in spinning, tagged merino, music, spinning, spunky club, spunky eclectic on February 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last night I heard Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller sing Tom Waits, Bessie Smith, Johnny and Jack, Judith Miller, some gospel music and a bunch of their own stuff. It felt like looking down on something special, to see these individually incredible songwriter-musicians make and enjoy their music together. Makes it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m home, after a week filled with north country hiking, Quebec snowshoeing, catching up with a friend who makes incredible lemon meringue pie in Montreal, and even working on a sock by the woodstove, glass of wine in hand, with a fellow knitter. Much french bread was consumed, and many kilometers were walked/hiked/snowshoed. Thus, success. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Hilary of The Yarniad just posted some photos of our real-life rendezvous, and I must say, I’m blushing. It’s truly wonderful to get a chance to engage on a multi-dimensional, human level with people you know through your computer screen. In conclusion, hooray for knit-blog friends! Thanks, Hilary! I’m already looking forward to next time.
Here’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am really enjoying this — the recipe format of the pattern makes me feel like this is really moving along. I’ve finished the initial decreases, and am about to begin the increases (again). I snapped this picture because you can see the wavy-ness that indicates that I’ve done a bit of frogging. I did [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m treating this transition time before school (eek!) starts like an extended weekend. Not quite vacation, as I’m getting a lot of things done, but like a really good Saturday. I’m crossing things off lists (purchase and assemble composter, problem-solve the not quite cold enough fridge, do laundry, organize recipes, etc.) but also doing things [...]
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