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on the wheel and off

In between sporadic fits of sweater knitting, I’ve been doing a bit of spinning. First off the wheel is a 70/30 wool/angora blend from a humongous batt I bought at SAFF in 2007.  I’m kicking myself for not taking a picture of the batt – it was blanket-size – 8 ounces!  I really love this [...]

happy earth day!

Thank you, Earth, for making it so hard to choose my favorite photos! I hope to have something fibery soon.  My brain has been in a cloud – yesterday I cast on for socks and accidentally cast on 84 stitches instead of 64 stitches.  I kept thinking ‘these look awfully big’ but I also kept [...]

remember macrame?

Last week after our guild meeting, I stopped by a local garden shop and bought several succulent plants.  I’ve always loved succulents and decided that this year, I would have a succulent garden (in a pot).  I finally got around to potting the plants yesterday. One plant, however, just screamed RETRO to me.  Seeing it [...]

my neighbor’s roses

Have a great weekend everyone!!!  Happy Friday!

people really tick me off

What the hell is up with people anymore? Someone in my office routinely turns the thermostat (that controls my air vents) up to 85 degrees.  Yes, it’s chilly outside (if you call 60 degrees chilly), but geez, give a thought about other people, won’t you?  You can put more clothes on, but I can’t take [...]

sometimes it’s fun just to knit

One thing that worried me when I signed up for NaKniSweMoDo is that focusing all my energy on the production of sweaters would quickly prove to be overwhelming and ultimately frustrating.  I do enjoy knitting sweaters and love the idea of using the sweater-quantities of yarn in my stash, but I feared that working on [...]

flighty

It must be spring’s fault, but I can’t seem to land on anything for very long. I haven’t been able to get interested in finishing the sleeves for my Ariosa lace cardi, but I’ve been making great progress on the Abstract Jacket.  Believe it or not, I was kinda sad to see the seed stitch [...]

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 [...]