Rhode Island is the same sensory delight it always, and I have a yarn crawl report in the works for you, but yesterday brought breaking news. I only know what a Canadian Production Wheel is because a crew of ladies at Cloverhill Yarn Shop got obsessed with them. (And used only CPWs on their team for the MD … More Hold the Phone
So I made it! I’m done! … Actually, anticlimactically, I finished yesterday. In the car. On Ravelry I signed up for Team Hopelessly Overcommitted, and my main failure it seems was to hopelessly overcommit. That’s okay… maybe this is indicative of personal growth? The Puerperium Cardigan was finished just as we crossed into Rhode Island. … More Done and Done
Two days to go? Really? It’s time to seriously pour on the sauce, ladies and gents. At the moment, we are on the road to Rhode Island. I’m writing this blog post in Textedit on a serpentine road somewhere in northwest PA, hoping to assemble it online if we stop for lunch somewhere with free … More Sprinting
I haven’t been getting as much knitting done while watching the olympics as I’d like, because I keep getting distracted. Wikipedia is always open in a little window above the streaming live feed, as I look up different styles of wrestling, or the scoring systems for show jumping or archery or indoor cycling, or the … More Specialty Skills
Early Wednesday morning, I packed two new knitting projects. One was a super-simple, interminable project selected for a hospital stay. The other was a baby sweater. I wound the skeins on the way to the hospital. I would cast one of them on after a procedure that would occur at 8:45 a.m. On the way … More Meet Cyril(la)
Mr. Fricke is a foster child, staying with me to get some playtime while his mommy remodels her house and experiments with other crafts. He’s taken up residence with Blondie and Doris, and he’s already given them cause for jealousy. This is a freakin’ full-featured wheel. The model was clearly designed by someone who had … More Meet Mr. Fricke
The first two skeins of my Ravellenic spinning are done – so here’s an introduction to the yarn, and how I’ve been making it. When processing a fleece, there are several different ways you can get it ready to be spun. You can spin it in the grease, unwashed, which is kinda nasty, even if … More Meet Silver, Spun on the Fold
I kept meaning to post an update about my olympic progress, but stuff kept coming up, or I was tired, or I couldn’t be bothered to go upstairs to get my camera, blah blah blah. Now it’s Friday and I am without excuse… but I realized this morning… Friday? The olympics started last friday. They … More Wait… A Week Already?
London is probably a completely insane place to be right now. Jam packed with the usual sardine-like arrangement of a major capital, plus a global array of tourists and athletes and support staff and journalists and pickpockets and terrorists (since all the media can talk about leading up to the olympics is how DANGEROUS it … More Toe on the Line, Waiting for the Shot
The story behind these gloves is a simple one. I was sitting around, I don’t remember if it was on a Tuesday night at Starbucks or just hanging out at work, but I was chatting with Barb about something or other. I really don’t remember how the subject came up – whether I was talking … More Behind the Design: Father Joseph
Osborn Fiber Studio 