the fiber fetishist

Once I finished a couple of projects, I felt like I should work on one of the two handknits I’m aiming to finish for December this year. bowl & new project This is the yarn (and a couple of rows of ribbing you can’t see) for Dr. G’s Memory Vest [ravelry]. I’m knitting it in [...]

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This is a few days late but I am recovering from the fun company we had for Thanksgiving, a chest cold turn bronchitis, and a bruised knee (slamming one’s knee into the boards on ice skates is not something I recommend, in case you were wondering). Thanks to A (of Soapbox) who picked up this [...]

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When I got home from work yesterday, there was a package on my front steps. I assumed this was my recent order at Knit Pixiekpixie (I ordered this Karabella pattern– apparently I’m the first to order that pattern, so you can see what else I bought at the bottom of that page). I carried my [...]

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I’m in that post-project completion period where I keep picking up different WiPs and working on them for a while before I realize I just want to start something new. It’s a frustrating place to be! Yesterday, I popped into the LYS to pick up something for my KSKS pal. I checked the sale nook, [...]

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DH is back, but he didn’t find any sockenwolle for me. Aw. However, I ordered some fun things today, including some hand-painted yarn from Dave over at Cabin Cove. I have been temped by his naughty needle cases (that might be NSFW if you work somewhere really high-strung). Check out his etsy shop — Cabin [...]

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Yesterday, the influence of the craft-blog-world was remarkably evident in my day. I bought potholder loops to make the funky little rug from Mason-Dixon Knitting I finally picked up the Wendy Knits book (which I finished reading during my bout of insomnia last night; I really enjoy it!) I wore my gorgeous SockapalOOOza socks from [...]

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My sockapalOOOza pal anoymously emailed me late last week to say that she might be mailing my socks out a little late because she is travelling and they had not sent out the addresses yet. So I was quite surprised when I saw a package at the door when I got home from hacking SQL [...]

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After a productive day at work followed by a trip to the grocery store, there’s nothing I like more than coming home to a fun package. I opened up the puffy envelope and peered inside: It’s a package from E (of PokingMyEyesOut)! Inside was a pair of Clover bamboos in US2 that I lent her [...]

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