Well, here we are. December 31st 2008. I for one, will be more than happy to see the backside of this year. Personally and professionally it was a difficult and stressful one, and I hope the next one is better for everyone that reads this little blog (and for …
Category: Spin
Oh My Stars, please tell me we’re not repeating last year!
There is about 30 cm of snow out there from three back to back storms, and although today is the first day of winter, I’ve already had enough. It’s going to be a long time until April at this …
I’ve been really lazy lately. I’ve had tons of things going on every weekend and by the time they’re over, I’ve had no energy to blog!
So I’ll be even lazier and just give you a link to the pictures from the Royal Winter Fair rather than include them all …
I’ve been “off the air” for a couple of weeks because of two deaths – one expected, one sudden.
Now that all but one of my Christmas presents are out of the way, I’m free to knit for myself and begin my spinning for the sweater. It feels like Tax Freedom Day…lol
So I sampled last night and amazingly the first time was the charm. I knitted up the …
I love Jessie Raymond. Seriously. Go buy something from her – you won’t regret it.
Our convo went something like this:
Hey Jessie – you’ve spun a sweater, what fibre would you recommend if someone was crazy enough to decide to spin one herself because she was irrationally convinced to do …
I have been very lazy about posting lately. While I am inspired by some of
the projects I have on the go, somehow getting them onto the blog feels like
stirring cement with a straw. So Much Effort.
But I shall make an effort to bring you up to date. Take …
I spent the weekend immersed in fibre (so what else new…). This time I had a drop spindle class from Lorraine Smith who write Spinner’s Quarterly. Despite their recent flood, The Purple Purl hosted the class and as always it was an amazing class. Lorraine is a wonderful …
Well there was very little sunshine on the long weekend but it really helped me focus and get some serious work done. I posted in the last blog entry about the yummy yarn I bought for Christmas presents. You didn’t really think I would wait to cast on did …
I fell madly in love with Jessie’s Batts from her darling Border Leicester Sophie and she was kind enough to dye one for me and
send it up. I am almost through one of the batts but I couldn’t resist plying it to see how it would work up. …