With a finished yarn finally under my belt, and a little bit of creative mojo coming back in a busy season, Baby and I decided to open the next instalment of the Birthday fiber. She’s working so hard on sitting up by herself, and really thinks she can help! Staples aren’t quite her thing, though. … More Club Mom: Sept/Oct Unboxing
I set so many little goals while I was spinning this color study. Finish during Tour de Fleece! … finish the singles in July! … finish the eighth battling by the end of vacation! Well, that’s ok. I’m glad I didn’t take my goals too seriously this summer. But I did set one last goal: … More The Red Lantern
I’ve been focused on other things lately, but this last week or so I finally found the spinning mojo to go back to my Turtle Made Turkish spindle. Which is a good thing, since there were only a couple of hours of spinning left in this project! I had great fun twirling away, spinning while … More Finally Finishing the Targhee Singles
I am on a roll with the blogging at the moment. I’ve discovered that while it takes two hands to knit, and a whole body to spin, thanks to mobile technology, it only takes one hand to blog. It’s nice to have a creative outlet – I find post-baby is a time with lots of … More WnS Color and Breed Study Winter 2017-18:
Yesterday I got a special box in the mail. My birthday was April 6th, but the box was not at all late. Back when I wrote about my stash, I realized that I was getting the most use and creative mileage out of the stash I didn’t choose. I tend to buy for myself projects … More Birthday by Post
The Olympics have been very fun to watch this year. Whether early in the morning or late at night, with a few catch-up sessions in the afternoon, I caught a little bit of every sport, all the figure skating, and a whole lot of Canadian happiness. I also, incidentally, finished N’s duffel socks. I did decide to … More Tie Off and Tune Out
I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions. I am enough of a perfectionist, with enough experience of my own failure and unnecessary self-criticism, to recognize when I’m setting myself up for failure. But I have signed myself up for a sort of daily thing, sort of starting at the New Year, and I am determined to … More Fifteen Minutes
Have you ever noticed that big projects tend to wrap up around the same time? In that vein, I finished a sweater last week. Remember the Blendlings? My blazing re-entry into the spinning world in January and February of this year? (First post here, last post here) These wee skeins mean a lot to me, … More Made of Blendlings and Learnings
A video report on my first Tour de Fleece, and a reflection on one of the things I often think about when I spin. … More A Priest Crafts: Episode 4, How TDF Went
In my second video, I explored spinning a striped top with different drafting techniques and 2-ply plying arrangements in order to achieve different color affects. I was only able to flash the yarn up at the time, and talk about it a little, but I promised a more in-depth analysis of the yarn to come. … More In Depth: Striped Top Color Study Analysis
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