…and a lot of other stuff, too!
I don’t feel like writing a whole lot tonight, but I just wanted to show off my shawl progress: I’ve been knitting like crazy this week and finally was able to start the second color. Now, I’m questioning the wisdom of my color choices. The green, when not in this light, looks a little boogery.…
After finding faded yarn in my yarn bins a couple of weeks ago, I knew I would have to do something about it: I found some pink and purple bins at Target, choosing the color because even though the pink is nauseatingly girly, there’d be no mistaking whose they are or what’s in them. I’d…
Don’t store your yarn near a sunny window in a translucent container: Yah, I’m an idiot. Don’t be me.
Sunday was the 6th Annual Homespun Yarn Party, at Savage Mill in Savage Maryland. It’s similar to a lot of wool and yarn festivals around the country, but this one features vendors specifically from around the area, and mostly indie dealers creating their own unique brand of fibery goodness. Small farms and dyers such as…
I’ve been making slow but steady progress on my Color Affection shawl: I’m concerned that the shawl seems very wide but not too deep so far. I hope that when it’s all done that it’s big and snuggly. I suppose if needed I could make the border section wider. The shawl is intended to be…
Ok, so this website did start out as a knitting blog, and I’m not intending to lose that concept. It’s been a while, but I have an update. I’m fascinated by the Color Affection shawl, and have yarn to make four of them. *gasp* This one is made from Dream In Color Starry yarn in…