For one seven-hour day of the year, this is my house. This is the view from my doorway. This is my garden. I have neighbors who make apple cider, wine, preserves, and basketry. A little fantasy all made possible by being a demonstrator for Erntefest, the fall festival at Old Economy Village. I brought three … More Erntefested
It’s a pretty cool thing when enough people get to know you that when something right up your alley comes your way, four different people, half of whom you don’t even know, feel the need to tell you about it. That’s what happened to me concerning Saturday’s even at Old Economy Village for Worldwide Spin in … More In Public
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
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
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
It’s nearly July in a leap year, which means that my favorite bi-annual event is just around the corner. Formerly known as Ravelympics, now changed to Ravellenic Games,* this event will always be known to me by its original title, dreamed up by the Yarn Harlot: The Knitting Olympics. What? What is this insanity, ask … More Training Camp
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