You’ve heard of a bucket list, right? It’s a list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket. I know I’m young, but I figure that I might as well size life by the tender parts while I’m still agile. So I’ve got a few things for the list I’ve been mentally … More Bucket List
Almost a week ago, Evenstar was picked back up for the final clue. Jonica and I went in together on a bead purchase, and I was thrilled with the color when she brought them on Tuesday. I had the provisional cast-on for the edging all ready to go, and I had the first repeat done … More OOPS
If you’re wondering what the Dorset is for, I’ve been tasked with turning it into many natural colors. So last week, I pulled out my dye pots, which I didn’t think I’d do while in this apartment. I had 5 lbs of pokeberries left from last fall’s “harvest”, and it would be split between 1/4 … More Pokeberry Terror
During the week that the alpaca sleeve was missing, I didn’t knit much. I spun, I washed a fleece, I read webcomics, I desponded. Finally I got ahold of myself. This was stupid. I had to knit something, for goodness sake. I had to take an active role in my life, not just let it … More Preoccupation
The last time I tried to wash a fleece, I didn’t exactly meet with disaster per se, but it ended up being rather complicated for a proper explanation. Luckily, I’ve gotten a second chance! This dorset is ten pounds of greasy white glory, and because I know you are so interested, I will show you … More In which I wash a Dorset
Thanks to everyone who searched under couches and in cupholders. Turns out I did leave it at Breezy Willow, for some necessarily obscure reason, as I didn’t knit a stitch on it while I was there. It’s back, it’s safe, it hasn’t been eaten by farm animals (a sheep eating alpaca fiber… irony? poetic justice? … More Rescued
So I have been knitting… not much, but some. I have a finished sleeve on Jared’s alpaca, a sleeve that I am calling finished even though I haven’t decided what to do about a major error involving failure of forethought and requiring another two inches of knitting. I was all set to show it to … More A Big Dang Problem
The first week of May it was so hot that the unshorn sheep at the festival were being frickasee-d in their own skin. Two weeks later, everyone in the same zip code is pulling out their sweaters and raincoats and layering up, because it’s COLD outside. This is good for me, though, because it means … More In like a lion, out like an… icicle?
I was not terribly planning to blog yesterday, but if I had been, I would have had a really good excuse not to blog. Here is a bad picture of it: Do you see, on that big tree in the middle of the photo, that toward the top of the photo the tree has a … More A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
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
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