the fiber fetishist

I sort of disappeared there for a bit, eh? I did participate in nablopomo over here (missed two days!) but that site is sort of a combination of crafty stuff and hockey and food and work and life versus the craft-only bits here. Last week I took a look at my ravelry projects page and [...]

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Road trips are a wonderful time to get some guilt-free knitting in (at least when you’re not the one driving). But travel projects need to be: portable/small simple self-contained not prone to falling off the needle Right now my projects in progress are an almost completed Fugl sweater for N (heavy), a vest for me [...]

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I hope everyone has a great, fun, healthy, and fiber-filled 2007! I managed to succeed at just over 50% of my 2006 resolutions (of the non-crafty variety), and I hope that this year I can do just as well. Crafty-wise, I have a handful of items I would like to work on: I want to [...]

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We had a busy weekend around here! A run for me, a trip to the movies, home renovation work, pho dinner, N’s family over to watch three football games, and house cleaning (not that you can tell what with the thin layer of drywall dust over everything now). It’s amazing to me that I managed [...]

Posted in FOs, socks, WIPs Comments(8)

I always have a bit of a freakout when I finish the knitting (or crocheting or spinning) on a project. “What next?!” I think. My WiP list is pages long so it’s not as though I don’t have any options — I just freak out. This time, I decided to clean up my crafting area [...]

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I haven’t done this in a while — but Scout started a UFO meme, and I should really get a handle on my WiPs and UFOs.Garments Rogue. Rogue is sitting at around 75% done. I will finish it for winter, I swear. I’m at the flat knitting part and the oiled Peace Fleece from the [...]

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I realize that Rogue is a pattern that 9/10 of knitblogland has completed. I’m okay with the fact that I am still working on it. I took a long break from it, now I am completely back in love with the pattern and can’t wait to finish. Last night this conversation took place (after the [...]

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Technically it’s Monday morning here already, but since my web server is located in California, I am going to post this as Sunday, durnit! I decided this weekend that I was going to really focus on my SockapalOOOza socks, since they need to be fully complete in the next couple of weeks. I got a [...]

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