The Einstein Coat Solution™

It’s nice to know all that Mountain Dew hasn’t destroyed any brain cells. I had a light bulb moment. An epiphany. The answer to my problems.
I was looking at my Sally Melville book, drooling over the Einstein Coat. Beneath one of the pictures of the coat, there was mention of the [...]

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Oh dear

OK, so aside from a hat that I’m working on that combines Manos del Uruguay with my handspun (a real early skein that is horribly thick and thin compared to what I do now), I really haven’t knit anything with my handspun lately. There was this hat from a while ago. But since [...]

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Pics!

I’m not a picture taker. I’m a writer. It vexes me mightily to have to take pictures for my fiber blog. But no one wants to read post after post of my mental meanderings without something bright and shiny to go with it. So, in that vein, I give you…
Spindles…
These are [...]

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Spindles

I have been spinning all day today.  I biked to the store for some groceries, and I soaked in the tub/read a book twice, but mostly I’ve been spinning…on my spindles.
I do believe that the spindles are making me a better spinner.  I can spin a pretty consistent worsted/heavy worsted single on my kick spindle [...]

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Houston, we have a problem.

A couple posts ago, I mentioned that I was putting myself on a spending moratorium for the month of September. Um, yeah, you might as well disregard that. I’m a pathological liar, shopaholic, instant gratification fiber addict.
Today, I got a beautiful Spinner’s Choice zebrawood low whorl spindle.
This is a picture from the [...]

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What she said

I found the perfect response to give people when they ask how long it takes to knit a sweater, or how long it takes to spin enough yarn to make something. I got this from Terri at Spindlitis.:
“Really, one should never ask questions about the time involved in spinning enough yarn to make something. [...]

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Decision made

Gawd, I know I’ve been a pain in the arse about this whole wheel business. I want a Suzie, and a Babe, and an electric wheel. No, I don’t want a wheel. I just want spindles. What to buy? Which one should I get? Don’t feel bad for getting [...]

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Time well spent

I have been thinking more about this whole doing-things-by-hand-and-taking-it-slow thing. For me, the major difference is that the one way fosters a relationship, and the other turns everything into a commodity.
I’ve always said that I have a relationship with all the items I have handmade. I don’t have relationships with store-bought sweaters, but [...]

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Feeling weird

I’ve been doing fiber-related things all day, which is why there are multiple posts. I’ve spun on my wheel, spun on my spindles, plied on my spindles, and read some spinning books.
Anyway, regarding the post from the other day about spinning with fleece that I carded myself and getting all choked up about it, [...]

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I love carding

I am totally embracing The Way of the Slow™.  I love the slowness of spindle spinning, and I am really grooving on this whole carding thing.  I love the way I can take a dense clump of locks, and after teasing and carding, it is this light, lofty, scrumptious bit of fluff.
I guess technically my [...]

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