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Spinning Step by Step: A drop spindle tutorial

Posted in Tutorials, drop spindle, free, spinning, yarn, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 17 January, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Do you dream of learning to spin your own yarn? Of knitting socks or a shawl from lovely fibers you’ve designed and created yourself? Well, do I have a gift for you: An illustrated drop spindle tutorial!
Here’s a little taste of what’s to come… Enjoy!
Spinning Step by Step: How to use a drop spindle
Calming. Centering. [...]

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A Few Things About Me…

Posted in about me, crochet, knitting, spinning, yarn on 10 January, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We moved this past Sunday, to a cute little cottage in a small town near the “Quad-State Region” of Maryland/Virginia/West Virginia/Pennsylvania. It was not an easy move, but with the greatly-appreciated help of some ultra-kind friends, we’ve got our stuff in our new home and are settling in to country life (Chris has to commute [...]

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Crochet: Inspiring Option or Distracting Dream?

Posted in crafts, crochet, crocheting, fiber arts, knitting, spinning on 27 November, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Oh, the siren call of the Ripple Blanket…
OK, let me first state for the record that I am not One of Those Knitters. You know who I’m talking about…the nearly-militant anti-crochet zealots. Not large in number, but they’re out there.
Nope, that’s not me. In fact, the “problem” I’m dealing with lately feels like a sort [...]

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Back to Tahoe

Posted in Tahoe, heirloom breeze, knitting, kromski sonata, spinning, sundara yarn on 21 May, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This weekend I got back in the mood to work on my Tahoe cardigan…The sweater’s back and right front are complete, and I cast on last night for the left front. After this, it’s just sleeves and finishing–and I’m going to make a few changes at this point. First, the sleeves will be knit from [...]

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Not About the Socks

Posted in hand dyed yarn, hand spun yarn, knitting, lady eleanor stole, socks, spinning, swatch on 6 March, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Remember these socks?
No? Well, if you’re interested, you can look here. If not, don’t worry…this isn’t about the (warm, cozy, comfy) socks. It’s about that lovely Corriedale roving.
Oh, those colors! They were like Italian water ice and gelato. Raspberry, blueberry, grape…Transluscent, saturated colors. I dyed the top/roving with Karida. It was our first hand-dyed [...]

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Thank God It (Was) Friday…

Posted in Washington D.C., eye candy friday, knitting, kromski sonata, lys, spinning on 26 February, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Here’s a little belated eye-candy. I meant to post it last Friday (eye-candy Friday) but just couldn’t get to it…
A few shots of my new Kromski Sonata to help raise my spirits :-)
Last week was a tough one–nothing catastrophic, but I feel like communications are mixed up and things that could go wrong have gone [...]

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I’m in Yarnival! (and so is my husband…)

Posted in Washington D.C., Yarnival, hand dyed yarn, hand painted yarn, knitting, spinning, yarn on 15 November, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

I woke up to the nicest surprise today: Cara wrote to tell me that Knit*Six appears in the November issue of Yarnival! AND my husband, Chris, was named “Hunk of the Month.”
He’s had quite a good month in terms of fame: He played with Brooks Tegler at Blues Alley (a world-famous jazz club in Georgetown), [...]

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