Like the tortoise

Well, I haven’t been knitting as much because I ended up with a new toy (an ocarina) which absorbed me for a while, and then I fell ill.  When I’m ill I’m not good for anything involving brain power or energy, like knitting or reading.  I just sit and watch videos (I don’t have a [...]

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The opening act

Yes, the Black Sheep Gathering was awesome.  But I’ve got a lot of pics to upload, crop, rename, etc. so in the meantime, I’ll keep you tempted with a couple pics of pre-Black Sheep Gathering stuff.  Remember in my last post when I mentioned dyeing some fiber with grape kool-aid?  Here it is.

I love the [...]

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Fiberific day

Well, today I had some fiber fun.  I had a couple packages of grape kool aid, and on a whim decided to try dyeing in the micrwave.  I don’t think I used enough.  It’s not dark purple, more like a lavendar, and the color separated out in a few places, but it’s neat.  I used [...]

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I think I did it, take two…or my cat is a bitch…or how are these people making energized singles?

Well, I had to spin another skein of handspun for my fingerless gloves. My cat Hannah loves patchouli. I have patchouli scented woolwash. I cannot use it because anything I wash in it, from a skein of yarn to a completed object will be chewed to shreds by her. She doesn’t [...]

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I think I did it!

I have been loving making fingerless gloves.  I think they’re more addictive than socks, in a way.  They use way less yarn, and they’re quicker to make.
Also, I have been wanting to spin some yarn with a specific project in mind.  I have lots of wee skeins lying about.   I doubt I have enough of [...]

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Wilton’s icing dyes can kiss my butt!

I got this idea to try to “handpaint” some of my handspun yarn. Up to now, I’ve been using food-safe things to dye with, because I don’t want to worry about obtaining new pots and pans and all that jazz. I’m trying to simplify my life as much as possible.Anyway, I am having [...]

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My home is a singles bar.

I am loving this no plying thing. It totally works! Yesterday, I spun up some of this roving I have. I wasn’t planning on not plying it. I was just spinning it up. I was practicing. In the meantime, I read that part in Deb Menz’s book about using [...]

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At a loss

OK, I tried to dye some of my BLF top light blue, thinking that light blue would go with all the colors in the “Mulberry” colorway. However, my top didn’t actually dye light blue. I think the Wilton’s icing dyes are separating out. So, now I’m at a loss as to what [...]

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I spin, therefore I am.

Gah! I just love spinning! It is such an amazing, miraculous, awesome thing. As much of a misanthrope that I am, I can’t help being enthralled by the ingenuity of humans to come up with the whole fiber/spinning/weaving/knitting thing. I mean who’da thunk it? It’s just amazing.
I got a package [...]

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Welcome to my new blog

This is my new fiber blog. I have several posts which I imported from my “regular” blog. So, if you’re reading them and they seem strange the way they’re written, that would be why.

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