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I have a new FunctionArt art yarn listed in my shop - it is a colorway I've done before but as always this one is a little different. I think this batch of fiber was a bit darker and I used some different yarns I didn't have when I spun the other one - one skein has sold already but here is the...
I decided that since we had a long day yesterday that I would take today to go by myself to Amsterdam. Erik agreed and off I went. I went to the train station in Haarlem, bought myself a ticket and set off. I thought it was a good sign that my yarn expedition began with a sighting of Dutch sheep,...
These are so fun to make! The size of the pom-pom will depend on the size of the donut-shaped pieces. The inner hole should be half the size of the original circle. I had some problems cutting the yarn between the paper pieces on Step 4, so I started cutting perpendicular to the donuts (horizontally...
Living in London without corn tortillas is hard! Most of my diet consisted of corn tortillas and I didn’t even know it. Now my diet consists of pasta, pizza, fried chicken and the occasional fish. Oh man, that’s why I was thrilled to get a package from back home in El Paso, TX! Did I mention I...
So today I'm just going to post some pictures of some new yarns - then it is off to work I go! :) Mahogany Ash - thick/thin single of hand dyed merino plied with a thin single of merino/silk - Mahogany Peacock - Navajo 3ply from hand dyed merino/silk - CoilySpun - Ocean Splash 2 - spun from hand...
Finally! A couple of photos of our remodeled kitchen. It is finally finished! Our friend Aaron did the work and he did a fantastic job but it took a long time. He started in March and finally finished about 2 weeks ago. Here is Luan and August sitting at the bar attached to the island. The sliding...
So all is well with my website. Seems it may have been working earlier than I thought yesterday since once I cleared my cache it came up just fine! This means kittygrrlz.com is back in business! :) I have listed most of the new yarns on etsy now and just have to finish listing the bamboo on my site....
First, I have to say my website issue still is not resolved, and in the wee hours of the morning I realized that my *url forwarding* may have expired MONTHS ago?!?!? That *really* sucks. And while it is my fault the domains themselves expired because I wasn't checking that email - if the forwarding...
Sockdoc and I finally made it to Dixon Lambtown this year! It was a day filled with all things sheep. Anything to do with sheep, they had it. From sheep shearing demonstrations, to spinning wool, and even lamb rib eating contests. But we were there primarily for... There was a good turnout of...
Life has been very crazy around these parts. Last Saturday I went up to Wyandotte, MI, to see my dad at the Wyandotte Street Art Fair. There was a local spinner tent and a yarn store a block away. Needless to say, I made a few stash enhancement acquisitions. I immediately cast on something with the...
As I said a couple of posts back, I have at least twelve pairs-worth of sock yarn in my stash. I've now resolved to actually knit some of it, but I'm not entirely sure yet where to start - which pattern, which yarn. Part of the point of this post is that I don't always know what I think until I say...
So this is what I've been doing with the alpaca... The first five pictures are various combinations of dyed lilac-grey alpaca and black alpaca. Sometimes carded, sometimes blended together, sometimes spun as-is. The fourth picture has some silk noil spun in - someone from the Bucks spinning, weaving...
Ages ago now, I went to Hay-on-Wye with friend-R. I bought second hand books, as you do in Hay (it's a small village in Wales with dozens of second hand book shops), including some vintage knitting books. I bought them for various combinations of because they're funny and because they're useful -...
Yesterday I hosted a crafting evening, at which two friends - K and S - came over, K did her mending, S learnt how to to do the purl stitch, and I knitted, sewed and spun (of which more in a post to come). Excitingly, K came bearing gifts from her and her boyfriend J - the sock yarn to the right :-)...
Well, I've been a bit distracted this week so have missed posting, but I really wanted to mention where I will be THIS WEEKEND! The MIDWEST FIBER & FOLK ART FAIR in Crystal Lake, Illinois! It is my first 3-day show or fair and also my first strictly-fiber event! You can get more information HERE. In...
I hit a "handwork"shop today: v.d. Raad Kleinvak on Spaarnwouderstraat in Haarlem. For a shop that isn't just about yarn, I thought they had a decent selection, and quite a lot of non-wool yarns! I got some Scheepjes cotton/acrylic yarn that was on sale and in cute colors and then a variety of...
I am so hopelessly addicted to yarn. And I mean yarn. I bought the yarn in the first pic yesterday when my parents, brothers, and I went to the mall. I didn't mean to buy them, I swear. But I passed by what seems to be the only yarn store in Metro Manila that had a whole bunch of yarn that cannot be...
THIS Sunday, July 13, I will be at the South Shore Frolics Festival of Arts at South Shore Park, from 10am-5pm, in booth #1! Come check it out! I'll have lots of yarns and summer shawls, too. For more information, CLICK HERE! And, since I can't possibly post without a yarn picture - here is a new...
Honestly, if it weren't for my trip to California and my visits with the Guppy, I would have had my lowest money spent on yarn month next to the one where I didn't spend any at all. However, the purpose of visits to yarn stores on road trips is to pick up yarn that you don't regularly see in your...
So, I was up late again last night, so think I may be going back to sleep for just a couple of hours, but wanted to post the new yarns that I spun up on Tuesday and listed yesterday - Most of these are Batt-tacular! yarns, spun from carded batts of fiber from TerraBellaSpun and FeltStudioUK. Dune 2...
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