Elephants, I Like Elephants

Nadia is currently obsessed with elephants. She loves the elephants marching in The Jungle Book, she loves the Elephant Song on youtube – she’s just generally crazy about them.
I’m in the middle of two giant lace shawl projects so I took a quick break from counting stitches for about a [...]

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Fluff

I received a pound of Rambouillet fleece from Julie at Great Wool last week. The fleece was coated and it’s so clean. I’ve seriously picked out maybe 3 pieces of grass. It’s so soft fun to spin. I’m really enjoying the whole process of raw fleece to spun yarn. I think I see a new [...]

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Fiber Update Overload

I have a bunch of Finished Objects (FOs) to share with y’all. Some have been gifts, so I haven’t been able to share until recently.
First up is the top down seamless kimono sweater that I made for Nadia. The yarn is a bamboo/alpaca blend that is super soft with a lovely drape and sheen. I [...]

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Florida, Here We Come!

We had two weeks of interminable limbo and then hooray! Peter has a new job. We’ll be moving this summer down to DeLand, Florida because Peter got a job at Stetson University. We are sooooo excited to be moving down to warm weather and the beach!
Here are two of my special people on a lovely [...]

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Three Going On Thirteen

Jonah has had quite the attitude lately. He’s mouthy, he yells and he’s disobedient. He used to be so pliable and easy going. I thought all that brouhaha about the terrible two’s was an old wives tale. But I guess he’s making up for lost time. I had him in more time-outs yesterday than I [...]

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Spin Crazy

A wonderful friend of a friend loaned me her Ashford Traditional spinning wheel on Monday and I’ve been avoiding laundry, dishes, all cleaning and cooking in favor of spinning yarn. Poor Jonah and Nadia can only look at the wheel, not touch. Surprisingly, Nadia listens when I tell her no if she gets too close [...]

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Bunny and a Hat

Boo! Hiss! The motherboard on our 15 month old desktop is toast. Stupid HP! Peter and I are researching a Mac to replace our crummy neverending line of crashing PCs. Hopefully in the next week or so we’ll be back up and running. I like our laptop but it’s just not the same.
I finished Nadia’s [...]

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I’m All About Hats!

When I need something quick and satisfying to create I turn to a hat. For some reason right now I’m working on a number of big knitting projects and I’m finding myself frustrated at how long they’re taking to finish. Beside the sock below that took two months to knit the first one, I’m also [...]

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First Sock

It took me two months to make but I finally have one sock done! This was knitted top-down with double-pointed needles and turning the heel, picking up stitches for the gussets and grafting the toe wasn’t nearly as hard as I thought it would be. However, I’m going to attempt the mate to this sock [...]

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Drop Spindle Breakthrough

I’ve been using a drop spindle for about six months now with varying degrees of success. What I usually get is thick and thin yarn with no way to control the width of what I’m making. Until now.
On the Spindlers group on Ravelry, someone linked to this post by Kelley of Knit Picks. It is [...]

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