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Saturday, March 28, 2015. Lucy, Knit Repair, and Re-Mastering a Technique. Every Spring since 2008, I have purchased raw fleeces from Marie Glaesseman. She and her husband have a small flock of mixed breed sheep. They care for their animals. The fleeces are sheared well. Then they are skirted well. The result is beautiful, healthy, fun-to-work-with wool. Sylvia said something that woke up my.
Maybe just one more ball. Do you all remember my sister-in-law Kelly. Not only do you need the right amounts of everything, but to maximize her limited amount of space, we needed to make sure that the leftovers from things can sort of hang together, so that a half ball of this and a part skein of that can be a stri.
All my random interests in one place. New soap moulds and colours. The new soaps curing next to the last of the previous batch. After a long while using the soaps I last made, I decided that it was time to make some more so that it had time to harden into better bars before I needed it. I was a bit unsure about justifying spending a lot of money on silicone moulds, and almost as unsure about how easy the cheaper plastic moulds would prove to be when it came to getting the soaps out.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Finally knitting again this year. Here is Alex in his new Christmas sweater. Noro Silk Garden double stranded on US 4 needles. Found the Noro on sale! Saturday, November 20, 2010. Links of Beauty, Kindness, and Love.
My real-life, unscripted adventures in knitting. Monday, June 8, 2009. I neglected to take the time to select an Etsian of the week yesterday. Saturday, June 6, 2009. Spinning a Yarn with Martha.
This is quite satisfaying tbh. Reblogged 4 months ago from secretdesiresofmary. Reblogged 5 months ago from exhaustedofeverything. Now he is safe to make thing go bump in the night.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012. OMG I Own a Yarn Shop. I have always dreamed of owning my own yarn shop. One of the greatest loves in my life is knitting and fiber. Wish me luck! I am in love with sock yarn. I have a lot of great help and some of the most wonderful teachers and artists around. You can never get enough roving! We even had the famous Fleegle.
Knitting, reading, programming and keeping up with two manic border collies in the beauty of the Colorado Rockies. Sunday, April 12, 2009. Sorry to anyone who reads my blog. I have been trying to figure out why and what has happened to the knitter in me. So what is this all about? Anyway - after this long spiel - I have very little to show you. I finished knitting one pair of plain Ranco Multi .