the fiber fetishist

Hooray! My KSKS Pal received her package — my pal was Uli of Uli’s Needlework World! I’ve been reading Uli’s blog for at least a year. That made it both easier and harder to figure out what to add to her bag, but I had a great time picking items out and I think she [...]

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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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First though, here’s my Saturday Sky for Sandy: this was a couple of hours before the grey clouds came in and dropped a ton of rain on us When I made my last test bag, I came up with a few rules I wanted to follow this time. I did follow them: I drew a [...]

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I have been trying out this project monogamy thing. It wasn’t intentional, it just happened. I was enjoying this knit so much and once I got to sleeve island, I just wanted to finish the major knitting part! holiday sweater #1 The sleeves look strange because they’re ribbed. They’re wider than they look (that’s why [...]

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My sock kit pal indicated that she’d love some Socks That Rock, and I can’t say I blame her. I made my sockapalOOOza pal her socks in STR, and it was great to work with! So of course, I opted to order my kit pal some STR. When I ordered, I asked Melissa at Blue [...]

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Project Runway 3 premieres tonight and I am ready for it: Last night I went to G Street Fabrics and picked up a bunch of fabric. The drapery remnats seemed to be a good deal — $3.98/yard for some really cute, thicker fabrics perfect for the outer layer of a bag. DH had a business [...]

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I owe a ton of people emails. I’m so sorry! I am hitting that point where I wonder: do I reply or is it too late to reply? I have been bowled over by workwork and pretty much haven’t wanted to look at the computer in my ever shrinking bit of spare time. I think [...]

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Today I went to the fabric shop and bought some thick interfacing off of the bolt and picked up the appropriate size bobbins and needles for my machine. I got home, finished cleaning the house, washed some more fabric, and decided to put together my first Jordy Bag (craftster tutorial). the bag looks much worse [...]

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Today, I woke up before 8. I never wake up before 8 on the weekend, and certainly never on Sunday (house cleaning day). Maybe it was because I was so sore from 6+ hours working on the front yard on Saturday. Whatever it was, after being awake for two hours and taking the dogs on [...]

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The Knit Sock Kit Swap assignments will be out shortly and since it is a secret swap, we are all posting our questionnaires on our blogs. It’s fairly long and I included a fair amount of non-knitting pictures in it (near the bottom). The questionnaire is behind the cut for anyone interested — mostly it’s [...]

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