I know I am only one of many many folks who often knit during concerts – I don’t *think* that this is disruptive – but don’t know for sure. But I was looking at the concert schedule for Windycon this weekend and realized I would probably be spending hours at a time in the concert room and thought that it would be great to spin (like with a spinning wheel) during the concerts – I rarely get that kind of extended sitting time, especially with such excellent entertainment and kind of wanted to take advantage of it. It is a [...]
I sometimes realize how terrible I am at updating with any useful content up here. So while I sit here and let bread rise (yes at 11:55 pm) I’d try to write up a bit. It feels like its been about 6 years since the winter holidays. We had a bit of a tough time around here, and while it isn’t my story to tell, suffice it to say the resulting stress has used up quite a bit of our resources. I’ve been being a bit more of a homebody, and a little less “grossly” social. This has done [...]
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About a month or so ago a few of us trekked up to The Fold, we of course purchased but-loads of yarn (I got the yarn for the PTBNL’s Blanket). While I was there, I was asking Toni about fibers she might recommend for spinning sock yarn, and I ended up going a little overboard. Ultimately she said I would have to see what I liked best and of course I walked out the door with a whole variety of stuff to try: Superwash Merino Blue Faced Leicester (although now I wish I had waited, I found a source for [...]
Originally posted at Which-Crafts It is my understanding that the yarn companies are going through a bit of a renaissance due to the massive increase in the quantity of knitters out there. From what I understand they have increased the both the variety and quality of what is available by a noticeable amount. This is certainly something I can get behind. OTOH this renaissance (combined with the internet) has also allowed quite a few smaller more artisan spinning and dyeing companies to flourish. Today while contemplating the yarn I might purchase for an upcoming project, I was wondering how purchases [...]
So I am working on a super Sekrit project. But I have something really specific in mind, and I think I finally found the pattern I want, or something really close to it. Now to the yarn to knit it with. . . . . . . . . . I am not sure it exists. I start searching and am not coming up with much (something v.soft, preferably worsted weight, superwash wool, variagated, with fairly long and gradual color repeats). Next up, I think well I could buy “bare” yarn, and dye it myself, but I am not finding [...]
