Tour de Fleece – First weekend progress
Well the first weekend of the race was quite productive. I have no idea who’s in the lead because, well, to be honest I couldn’t care less about the actual race. I finished plying 2 bobbins of the silk merino and spun up two more that are now resting. I’ll ply those tomorrow or Tuesday. […]
The Tour de Fleece Begins
I’m participating in a challenge (you know how I love those!) this month. It’s called the Tour de Fleece. It goes along with the Tour de France and we spin every day that they ride, from July 3rd to
July 25th. We get July 12th and July 21st off, …
Lace Love-In
When last we met, I was wrestling with Monkey Farts. I’m happy to say that the yarn which was substituted worked superbly and resulted in this FO. You’ll have to excuse the craptactular photography,
but there’s a wicked thunderstorm going on and I have one hell of a migraine. …
Monkey Farts
I don’t know why it popped into my head yesterday, but it did. “This knitting looks like Monkey Farts”. I reached out to the innerweb to confirm and while they were all polite, the consensus was that
yes, it did have a certain odour to it. …
A frolicking good time was had by all
Yesterday was a cold and rainy day. Perfect weather for thinking of wool and fibre. Kay, Sandra, Pirk and I met for our annual pilgrimage to the Knitter’s
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