the fiber fetishist

I had a bit of a knitting mess before leaving for Europe. I was freaking out because I knew I had two 10+ hour flights to deal with, flights twice as long as my longest flight ever. I was concerned I would be going stir-crazy and a little insane without “enough knitting” to make it [...]

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I’m back from a short but sweet trip to Munich and Paris — my first trip off of the continent. While wandering around Munchen on a Sunday morning, we came across Wolle Rödel (closed of course, it was Sunday!). cute window display The window display was cute and the shop looked nice. colorful cotton yarn [...]

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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 mentioned that I worked on two projects during the Olympics a while back. The second project was Celtic Dreams. I finished the first sleeve on the sweater while watching Usain Bolt kick butt on the track. celtic dreams, so close [flickr] I love knitting this sweater. There are a few mistake cable crosses here [...]

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DH and I were in Seattle for a week followed by a day/night in NYC, two cities we both love. While in Seattle, I spent some time with E (PokingMyEyesOut) and I finally met G (ChezDavis). Yay! Thanks to both E/G and G/S for having us! Crafty-wise, E and I went to Weaving Works, Hilltop [...]

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This past weekend, I went to New York state to visit my youngest sister’s college and watch her graduate[!]. me, mad, and currer I am very proud of her! Congratulations! I really hoped that I could finish Currer in time to wear it to graduation. I did, though I have some little details I want [...]

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I finished this sweater back in November — I actually wore it on Thanksgiving! — but it never got an official writeup because I was too busy knitting the Mandelbrot Wave sweater for my sister K. DH and I ended up in Toronto for New Year’s Eve and I decided that a warm, wooly sweater [...]

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DH, the dogs and I are going down to the family place in FL for a week and a half to celebrate a multitude of birthdays (all four of us!) and our fourth wedding anniversary. How many knitting projects do you pack for a week and a half trip that includes 30 hours of car [...]

Posted in lace, premiere lace cardi, sewing, socks, travel Comments(8)

The Yarn Harlot herself recently posted a fantastic letter to the TSA about travelling knitters. It resonated with me (and with many of us, I’m sure!). Last night while I was preparing for our trip, picking knitting projects was part of the preparation. I initially had six projects selected. They ran the gamut from laceweight [...]

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