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Café de Printemps

Posted in Maryland sheep and wool festival, eye candy friday, knitting, yarn on 4 May, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Weekend plans: Find a table in the sun with my honey, order some cool drinks, and read/write/knit to our hearts’ content.
As for MDSW: I just can’t do it. We’ve been a bit tight, money-wise, lately, and so I decided that it would make more sense to spend that money on:
(1) Our May rent (!)(2) Beads [...]

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Ode on a (Non)Grecian Yarn

Posted in Maryland sheep and wool festival, hand painted yarn, knitting, neighborhood fiber company, yarn on 18 April, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Why is Louet Gems fingering weight yarn so lovely to work with?
This is Koigu KPPPM in the colourway I think of as “Orchid.” (Gorgeously hand painted on Gems fingering weight)
I love the delicate sheen, the tiny little pillows of puffy merino, the yarn’s gentle stretch and “steel magnolia” strength. I love the texture of Gems [...]

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Keeping Warm with (less than) One Skein

Posted in Maryland sheep and wool festival, Washington D.C., alpaca, gaiter, knitting, leigh radford, neck warmer, one skein, yarn on 17 February, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I love warm weather, and can’t wait for spring to arrive! But if it’s going to be cold, snowy, and icy, I’d at least like to cash in on some of winter’s beauty…instead, this was about the extent of D.C.’s ice-covered, sparkling wonderland:(My focus is a bit off, but you get the idea…)
We also got [...]

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