Brain Teaser
Would you like to have your mind ever so gently blown to smithereens? I promise it doesn't hurt. I further promise that when you're done going 'wait, just how does that work again?' and you move on to 'ok, let's try it' you'll be delighted. Jeny Staiman (she of Jeny's [...]
Book Yarn, Part VII
And now, Saffron Dyeworks. I discovered Saffron Dyeworks when I was sourcing yarns for the first volume of Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet. I fell promptly in love and am still helplessly smitten today. The Polypodium vulgare socks, from Saffron Dyeworks' tush are some of my very favorites from that book (shhh, [...]
I Shall Refrain From the Obvious Pun
So I must be honest. This this was not the sort of vacation that makes good blog fodder. It might actually be the sort of vacation that looks boring to outside observers. When we left the story last, we were headed out to Maine. We'd arranged to stay at a [...]
Just a Little Slouch
Hat's done! Started by worrying I didn't have enough handspun...then moved onto worrying I didn't have enough of the main yarn (Vally Yarns Sheffield). Turns out I had enough of both, and so now I've cast on a pair of tiny mitts to go with it. And now, of course, [...]
Book Yarn, Part VI
This morning, Shibui. On the right is Sock in the color Wasabi. It's a superwash merino, and it comes in an impressive range of semi-solids and a handful of multis (and, in a move I wish more companies would make, the multis list which of the semi-solids they're made with [...]
More Like It
I've recovered from my lying swatch incident (never a pretty sight) and am now no longer despondent. The yarn is back on the needles, and I have a plan. This will be one of those slouchy hats...aka, one of those hats that looks like crap while it's in progress. I've [...]
I Protest
When you don't swatch, or when you do a crappy swatch, or when your swatch proves to be a bald-faced liar (that's what happened here), then you get to rip out the promising start of a hat (while swearing), detangle all that yarn (still swearing), pick up all the stitches [...]
And Then Onward
When last I left you, we had just fled left Rhinebeck. We were in great need of some lunch. We had secured the required apple cider donuts while we were at the fair, but the food vendors had alarmingly lengthy lines. I could not be convinced to stand in line [...]
Round and Round
While I was sitting home watching the hurricane, the lovely Kathreen, mastermind behind the always delightful Whipup, put up a little tutorial I'd written for her a few weeks ago. I was a shamefully bad blogger and totally forgot to tell you guys (I wish I could blame something dramatic [...]
Rabble Rousers Update
I debated whether I should write this post. It feels just the tiniest bit shady. My natural inclination is to post mostly shiny new yarn finds, pretty knitting projects, accounts of various misguided adventures, and the odd kitten exploit here or there. Anything that veers even slightly into marketing sort [...]
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