Extra Cathartic

After working for Seven Months to create a whole lot of very fine lace that is very consistent and well-behaved… I needed a break. I needed to spin something fat and pointless. Conveniently, about halfway through my lace plying, the latest copy of Spin Off showed up at work for our perusal, and peruse I … More Extra Cathartic

Consistency

There’s been a lot of plying going on around here lately. Both completely full bobbins of laceweight singles have become skeins of laceweight yarn, and I’m pretty happy with them. At least, I’m pretty happy with the first one – the one you saw on Sunday. The one I finished today after three episodes from … More Consistency

Plying Days

Spinning is immeasurably good for me. You may have heard that there are two kinds of knitters: process knitters and product knitters. They are fairly self-explanatory: Process knitters knit primarily for the joy of doing. They choose a project based on how fun it would be to do, they don’t care so much about the … More Plying Days

We’ll be right back!

We will now take a break from our regular Olympic coverage for a message from our sponsors. Small Cute Humans in Funny Hats They are the real reason we knit anything. Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Ganomy Hat (rav link) in Jolene’s handspun, hand-dyed yarn. Also brought to you by: Figure Skating (photo from here) I have to … More We’ll be right back!

Cheering Up

Mondays are my day off. That should make today a day of relaxation and general cheerfulness. Unfortunately this has been dampened somewhat by a rather burdensome commission I decided to take on, for which I drastically underestimated the time commitment (or grossly overestimated my knitting speed). I’m not going to post pictures of it here; … More Cheering Up