From processing fleece to knitting with handspun, and everything in between.
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
Doris Beall, the spinning wheel. Surnamed after my two favoritest senseis in all of Tung Soo Do, and so that Jared could introduce her in a rhyming couplet. Forenamed because… Well… okay, I have no idea why. I just looked at her and thought… “Doris!” and it stuck. (Before you think I’ve totally lost it … More Meet Doris
You may think that I dutifully wrote those posts for you every day after Christmas. I hate to break it to you, my ducklings, but I stayed up until early on boxing day scheduling them dutifully to post while we galavanted away in St. Louis. Why do I break your hearts with this news of … More Hats Galore!
I spun up for my spouse: Some handpainted roving from C*eye*ber Fiber. Happy New Year!! Have some yarn pron.
There was good news and bad news about this Christmas. The good news (which really far outweighs anything else, if you think about it) is that we live close to both of our families. As a result, every year we get five Christmases – My family, Jared’s family, my extended family, Jared’s extended family, and … More The Grand Scheme of Things
Technically, Oktoberfest ended on the 4th. But it’s Oktober, and we’re Festing, so as far as we’re concerned, the holiday is nowhere near over. Last night we were supposed to go to a Jars of Clay concert, but we found out that morning that they had canceled it (tears!). My husband is not easily daunted, … More Impromptoberfest
Do you remember that old TV show Connections on TLC or PBS or something? My parents loved that show. I think they taped it. Anyway, it was one of those documentary shows where they’d tell you the history of the workings behind some random stuff. But on this show, the random stuff was all connected … More Connections
In my browsing of the Knitblog Community (by which I mean obsessively reading through the Yarn Harlot’s archives) I’ve run across yet another shared gimmick named random wednesday. (or Tuesday. or Friday. or whatever. Today is Wednesday, so there you have it.) It is both convenient and (I hope) a bit of an initiation rite … More Random Wednesday
Last night, we got back from SPEM (a missions prayer group, among other things) around 11. We walked through the door, and my eyes fell upon my spinning. It was just lying there, calling to me, and I knew very well that it only needed another couple of feet of spinning before it was ready … More You know how it goes…
I had been looking forward to last night’s spinning class all week, but I was downright frustrated with my cheap little spindle. It spins okay, but it’s the slipperiest darn thing, so in preparation for the class, I did something daring. I broke out my husband’s new hacksaw, and… well. I hacked. Well, more sawed. … More 12-Aug-2009
