YARN: 5 balls Knit Picks Andean Silk
PATTERN: Generic top-down raglan with lace panel, short sleeves, 1×1 ribbing at collar, cuffs & hem
NOTES: No shaping. I wish I had shaped the waist. It’s cute enough, and the yarn has enough drape that it’s not dumpy even though it’s boxy, but it would be way cuter with […]

Gorgeous fiber from Zeilinger, just listed on artclub.etsy.com. 3 Local mixes, 2 hand dyed, and one sturdy, trusty mystery wool:

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Today I’ve been sewing. I’m working on little recycled flannel cinch bags for some batt & spindle kits I’m making for the craft magazine store. They’re made of old flannel sheets. I decided to go with French seams because: 1) I don’t feel like wrestling with my neglected and ancient serger; 2) the pinking shears […]

Well, for now anyway.
Duran Duran. Mostly wool, a little mohair, about 2.5 ounces.

So as I got ready to work the sleeves on my current sweater, I spread it out for a picture and discovered:

Munchie’s bunchy.
I thought maybe it would go away in the wearing, but no dice:

But instead of my usual “frog now, ask questions later” tack, I decided to ask on the Zimmermania forum on ravelry, […]

3 more superwash batts at artclub.etsy.com. Anything in the red range is so hard to photograph. It may just be my camera. Does anyone have a digital camera that’s true to color on reds?

Finished up a final batch of ‘07 batts last night. Now, back to knitting!  I should have some FOs soon!  I’d better. Yikes. It’s getting late…

It’s been a hell of a week!
Last Sunday was a tiny Harveyville Spinsters Club meeting, just me, Marta & Laura, thanks to the weekend’s first run of ice. Laura brought cookies and Marta brought tea, and I made soup, and we had much fun. Then I got my datebook printing back late Monday afternoon, just […]

I’m about to leave for vacation, so I can’t list them yet, but I just spent the last 2 days counteracting the fabulous massage I got on Monday by cranking away at the old carder to produce these honeys:

I’m leaving around 4am for almost 2 weeks aboard the Marco Polo with Kristi on a little […]

Here’s how the Hello Yarn Big Top superwash merino that I drafted whole turned out:

My original plan with the whole-strand drafting was to maximize the length of each color span, making stripy yarn. I was going to leave it a single to prevent any muddying of the colors, but on second thought, I think the […]