looks so good

I just want to eat it!  Might be tough to swallow, though. A little over 200 yards of Falkland dyed by Alpaca Joe.  Very fun to spin, I’m still a sucker for barber poles! Happy Friday!!!

something pretty to look at

So, last week I went to the January Spin-In in Destin with my pal Tonni.  I held true to my resolve not to buy any yarn (I did win a skein as a door prize, but that doesn’t count) but I indulged in retail therapy when it came to fiber. Here are (most of) my [...]

digging out

Yes, the South actually got snow!  And ice, but in my neck of the woods, it was mostly snow! Here’s my boy, wearing shrimp boots and breaking icicles off my car.  I know the amount of snowfall doesn’t look like much to all my Northern and Midwestern readers, but the street was a sheet of [...]

pssst

Remember me?  I used to blog here, quite frequently at times, not so much lately.  I need to get back into the swing of things. I made some lovely, squishy yarn from a blend Jen created using wool and sari silk.  I’m kicking myself for not buying more of it, for good reason. Not only [...]

yarn

That’s all I’ve got, because for the first time in my history of blogging, I hit the wrong button and only uploaded one photograph, not the dozen photographs on the SD card and of course, as I always do, I hit delete permanently, so I must now retake those pictures. But hey! Yarn!  Yarn is [...]

spinster

Awhile back, I ordered 6 ounces of merino/silk from Miss Babs, as a show of support for her fiber tragedy. It came in three 2 ounce lengths, and I thought quite a while about how to spin it. In the end, I decided to spin each length differently.  One I separated into very fine strips, [...]

what I’ve been up to

The zinnias had a lasting effect. After the natural colored mohair, I had to spin some COLOR! I’d say I definitely found it!  Merino/bamboo, about 800 yards of heavy worsted.  No idea what it’ll be, definitely something girly! After clearing my bobbins, I forced myself to get back to my MIL’s Parcheesi. I finished the [...]

at times like these

I wish I had a motorized skeiner!  I thought to take a picture after I’d already wound off 100 yards, so it was truly a PACKED bobbin!  I bought the fiber at SAFF last fall: Two 4 oz. balls of mohair bought with blending in mind, but a few weeks ago I had the urge [...]

a disturbing lack of fiber

Yes, this blog has been sorely lacking in fiber lately.  Exercising a couple times a day and food prep for eating healthily takes a toll on the amount of time I have for fiber fun, but it’s worth it – I’ve lost 6 lbs in two weeks! Last weekend, I was in the mood to [...]

finito!

My MIL’s birthday socks are finished!  Eight days, cast on to cast off.  Amazing what new yarn can do for my stick-to-it-ness! Pattern:  Child’s First Socks by Nancy Bush in Knitting Vintage Socks Yarn:  A tad less than two skeins of Koigu KPPM (if anyone really wants to know the colorway, I can find it).  [...]

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