How many links can a post hold?

OMG – I don’t believe it!  Grumperina left a comment!!! 
Not that I don’t value ALL comments, because I do.  I love the fact that my friends comment and I love the surprise of hearing from folks I’ve never met, but admire their blogs or knitting or sense of humor.  Speaking of humor, did anyone catch [...]

10 knitterly things previously unknown

And my first meme….
1.  My knitting technique is probably completely wrong, but it works for me. 
2.  I used to have glorious aspirations of knitting fabulous gifts for everyone I know, but I’ve come to the conclusion that if I can finish the projects I have on the needles, and maybe knit one gift this [...]

Today’s rant

Can someone please explain to me why repairmen are held to a different standard than any other working person in the entire freaking world???  I can’t think of one other profession that allows such a lackadaisical attitude towards showing up when you’re supposed to and getting the work done in a timely manner.  We have this repairman – Don – [...]

New curtains?

No, but it sorta looks like curtains, doesn’t it?  I ordered acid dyes from Diva Knitting last week, they arrived Thursday and Saturday afternoon I did a little crock pot dyeing. I read several tutorials, but found this one most helpful.   The roving above was actually dyed last night, run through the spin cycle and hung up [...]

Pirattitude — AARRRGGGHHH!!!!

I dreamt about two seemingly unrelated things – pirates and dogs.  More specifically, pirates and dog owners. 
Note:  No knitting content.  I have been knitting, and spinning, but no progress pics yet.  Soon…soon!
Last night the premier episode of Wife Swap aired.  They featured one family that live their lives as pirates – every day.  In [...]

I’m ready to go hiking

For your dining pleasure this evening…

We have an assortment of luscious yarns.

 
Our appetizer on the left is “Innocence Contest,” approx. 80 yards, dyed by the talented Adrian and our chef’s first experiment in spinning.  The spindle soup d’jour is ”Midnight Hour,” a fitting name as our chef was awake past midnight getting the spindle as full as she possibly could (yardage unknown).  [...]

she aint pretty

she just looks that way…

My first yarn!  Very slubby in areas, especially the joins, and very thin in other areas.  Also twisted to within an inch of its life.  But you know what?  I LOVE IT!!!  I think it’s beautiful!  I give full credit to Hello Yarn for that – it’s definitely the colors and [...]

I failed my driver’s test

I like to believe I can do anything I put my mind to.  Yesterday, I received this in the mail.
 
My spindling kit from Hello Yarn!  That’s four ounces of roving, a Louet drop spindle, instructions for spindling, practice roving (because Adrian is SO nice!) and a cute yarn card!  So last night, after working on [...]