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You know how much I love guessing games. This time, I’ve come up with a really good one, and I’ve got a pRiZe for the winner, even. Some of you know that my sister-in-law Emily is expecting tWiNs in February, and before I knew what happened, these booties just sort of fell off my needles. … More Celebrating Babies
After long deliberation, I have chosen for myself a quest. It is a quest of long duration, requiring many stitches and much patience. Meet Nancy Bush. She’s the perfect blend of two studies I love the most – knitting and anthropology. Her pattern books are full of well-written, historically accurate, but still wearable projects. None … More Knitting Nancy’s Nifty Kneesocks
It’s finally happened, folks! I am a publish-ished designer. By that I mean that I got a pattern carried by a major yarn company, and I got paid for it, even though the pattern does not necessarily exist anywhere in physical form. See it in its natural habitat here. I am, as ever, jazzed by … More An Awspishus Day
Okay yous guys, so the coolest thing is going to happen next month. Four years ago, for the last winter Olympics, the Yarn Harlot came up with this crazy thing she called the Knitting Olympics. The idea is this: you pick a project that will be challenging (but not impossible) for you to complete in … More Olympic Training Camp
to upload a PDF onto wordpress. You pretty much just treat it like an image. There’s even a special place that says “Media.” It took me about four hours to figure this out yesterday, between emailing friends, poking around on the server, Jared getting rebuked for trying to “sudo” (whatever that means), and typing urls … More It’s easier than you think
Today was cold, but not near as cold as yesterday was! Lots more people came out on the newly cleared roads to buy crafts and what not, and we had a glorious time. Miraculously, we didn’t lose any toes. (Okay so it was only 40 degrees out. I hope no Canadians are reading this. Or… … More I wish yarn sold itself.
Welcome to the new site! After a few days of agonizing in which I did very little, Fjord did some stuff I didn’t see, and Jared did some stuff I don’t understand, osbornfiber.com has launched. I hope you enjoy the pretty new format. Soon (by which I mean “when I get around to it unless … More Look! I made a banner!
Since I’ve last written, I’ve almost finished one thing I can’t tell you about but gotten so bored that I cast on another thing I can’t tell you about. Realizing that this second thing was almost the same as the first, I cast on yet another thing I can’t tell you about, and quit procrastinating … More Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I have an inordinate, unreasonable, and inexplicable affection for pokeberries. I love their perfectly smooth, round, replete, purpleish-black berries. I love the little click sound they make when you pull a perfectly ripe one off its stem. I love the fuscia color they stain my hands, and how [relatively] easily it washes off. Right now, … More Pokeberry Therapy
OKAY so I am not usually prone to excesses of ALL CAPS and EXCLAMATION POINTS! And HIGH PITCHED SQUEALS! but today is an exception for this complete n00b of a designer. Something I made went from this: (A picture taken with the finished product on my feet, with our lovely carpet as backdrop) To this: … More EEEEE!!!
Osborn Fiber Studio 