As the bobbin fills

This is some handpainted Targhee top that I got at Woodland Woolworks when I bought my wheel. I don’t remember the name of the colorway. It is beautiful, though. I’d say the colorway is neutral cool. It may have been gray fleece before it was dyed. The colors are muted. [...]

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Just grin and bear it

I abandoned the knitted hat because it was taking too long. So, I started a crocheted one, which I completed in a couple hours (crochet is FAST…too bad it doesn’t look as nice as knitting). But when I put it on my head, I realized that it was actually drawing more attention to [...]

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Ceci n’est pas un pullover

You may be asking yourselves, gentle readers, why am I showing you this purple thing when I am supposed to be closing in on finishing the sweater I mentioned in my last post?
What is this thing?  Well, it’s not a sweater.  It’s the beginnings of a hat.  I’m doing it from the top down…obviously…because I [...]

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Renewed zeal–or–I think I finally see the allure of seamed sweaters

I am knitting my third sweater. I seem to go through predictable stages with sweater knitting. There’s the excitement of starting a new project. I love making the gauge swatch, because I’m not trying to match someone else’s gauge. I’m designing my own sweater, so the swatch helps me see how [...]

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Bye-bye, Kiwi

Well, my dear little beginner wheel has gone on to a new home. I put an ad on craigslist, and someone came tonight to look at it and bought it after trying it out.
I bought this wheel because it was the one I learned on, and I didn’t know much about spinning at [...]

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