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 [...]

a different kind of stash

This knitting from the stash thing is really hard!  And it’s only January 5th!  It doesn’t help that Little Knits is having a great sale (Noro Silk Garden sock yarn for 48% off!!!).  I’m going to have to start deleting those emails before opening them. I didn’t ask for any yarn or fiber for Christmas [...]

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).  [...]

SAFF 2009

It’s nice once you’ve been to a few fiber festivals.  This was my third time to go to SAFF and this year I had a good idea what I was looking for and where I might find it.  I wanted new-to-me fibers and blends, with some old favorites thrown in.  I found plenty! This lovely [...]

this can only mean one thing

I’m going to SAFF tomorrow!!!!  Catch you next week!!!

coulda woulda shoulda

I have not been myself this past week.  This is what I should be finishing up.  Just two sleeves to go.  Two little sleeves…but sometimes two little sleeves are just too much.  I found myself sitting in front of an armoire full of yarn last week, shaking my head and saying “I have nothing to [...]

just doing my part

We all have to support the economy, you know.  And what better way to support the economy than by supporting small, independent fiber artists? Top to bottom, left to right: 1. 500 grams of dyed Polwarth in the Frost Flowers colorway from Rovings (I regretted not buying this at SOAR and couldn’t pass up the [...]

Rhinebeck

You guys didn’t know I went to Rhinebeck, did you? Okay, well, *I* didn’t actually go, just a bit of my money did, and thanks to the kindness of a fellow wool fiend, my spoils arrived today!  I didn’t show off my SAFF purchases so I’ll make up for that now.  ;o) This is a lovely [...]

SAFF – the story

Where to begin.  SAFF was great!  I haven’t photographed the loot in its entirety and I don’t think I will.  I think I’ll take pictures as I do something with it; it’ll be more fun that way and I won’t have to own up to my gluttony all at once!  Suffice it to say, I [...]

the bad with the good

Some dumbass ran into my car Wednesday night (no one was hurt, thankfully).  The boy and I were on our way home and the woman in the car in front of us decided – all of a sudden – to do a u-turn!  She veered to the right then veered immediately to the left.  I [...]

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