Originally posted at Which-Crafts Go where? Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair – “A celebration of fiber and the fiber arts with workshops, demonstrations of spinning and weaving, vendors offering fibers for spinning plus finished yarn, dyes, books, gifts, equipment, handmade soap and baskets. Also supplies for spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, dyeing, tatting and crochet. ” – Bamm and I went last year and had a really nice time, lots of stuff to fondle, and we had a blast playing at the yarn dyeing “make and take”. I’ll be going, anyone else want to come with? Hey! That is only one [...]
Knitter on the go
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Mar 092007
2 great weekends in a row . . . weekend 1
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Mar 022007
I have definitely had the crafty horn of plenty visit for the last 2 weekends. I feel very full up of crafty-goodness, and still very inspired to keep going. Weekend before last, S. and A. and I took off for the wilds of Marengo, IL. to visit The Fold. Toni who owns The Fold has created an excellent store chock-full of all of those things fibery folks like most. Our “purpose” for driving out there was to let A. play with as many spinning wheels as possible for research. This was theoretically a research trip not a “purchasing” trip. S. [...]
2 great weekends in a row . . . weekend 1
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Mar 022007
Originally posted at Which-Crafts I have definitely had the crafty horn of plenty visit for the last 2 weekends. I feel very full up of crafty-goodness, and still very inspired to keep going. Weekend before last, S. and A. and I took off for the wilds of Marengo, IL. to visit The Fold. Toni who owns The Fold has created an excellent store chock-full of all of those things fibery folks like most. Our “purpose” for driving out there was to let A. play with as many spinning wheels as possible for research. This was theoretically a research trip not [...]
The road to sweater-dom
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Feb 212007
I am finally going to be able to start spinning the fiber for my sweater this weekend, and I am SO SO SO excited. As a reward the universe found me my sweater pattern! I am sure that I’ll have to do some adjusting to match my yarn, my sleeve plan and size (it is aaaaalmost big enough in the largest size of the pattern.) On the page it is so very close to what I want to knit, it even has cables just the way I wanted them! All I have to do is figure out a graceful way [...]
Feb 212007
Originally posted at Which-Crafts I am finally going to be able to start spinning the fiber for my sweater this weekend, and I am SO SO SO excited. As a reward the universe found me my sweater pattern! I am sure that I’ll have to do some adjusting to match my yarn, my sleeve plan and size (it is aaaaalmost big enough in the largest size of the pattern.) On the page it is so very close to what I want to knit, it even has cables just the way I wanted them! All I have to do is figure [...]
