Among the things that PokingMyEyesOut E and I have in common is our need to plan and make lists. Since I am subjecting her (and her DH) to me for a few days, it is only proper and polite to also have a plan. With lists! Many lists. Among the lists I have written we [...]
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Comments(0) About a week and a half ago, while I was working on the super secret project with E of Poking My Eyes Out, I decided I was going to start a short-sleeved ribbed raglan top with some cotton blend stash yarn. Why would I do such a thing? I was bored with the secret project [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) Last week was a fantastic mail week! In addition to some items I ordered, I received a surprise! crocheted socks from Deneen, click to embiggen I have ordered three different scents of Deneen’s Whipped Shea Buttah (click here to look at her current available scents– they are fantastic) and I received Ylang-Ylang and Lavender-Vanilla on [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) Waa. Have you seen the new sock yarn club that Blue Moon Fiber Arts has started? You too can have a huge collection of STR like Cara of January One! I am still on my yarn diet. I am not allowed to join. I am kicking myself. The rest of you, go join! I shall [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) When I wrote up my yarn diet rules and regulations, I did (semi-intentionally) created some loopholes. One of those loopholes has to do with buying yarn for others. Yarn purchases are allowable if it is for a gift. That loophole lead to this being in my possession currently: araucania nature wool, aran and chunky Eda [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) Despite temptations of rowanspun aran on ebay, pattern books at Borders, and gorgeous sock yarns at Blue Moon Fiber Arts and Sweet Georgia Yarns, I have managed to only order sock yarn for my Sockapaloooza pal (allowable by my yarn diet rules and regulations). As far as actually working through the stash goes, I have [...]
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Read More..>> Comments(0) First: happy birthday to E of Poking My Eyes Out! Pop by and wish her a happy one! Second: check out this week’s SockapalOOOza update! There are some fantastic socks and yarns and progress in that list! As for me — I have now ordered three different sock yarns for socks for my sockapalOOOza pal. [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) Apparently I was delusional when I thought that I would have plenty of time this weekend to knit, crochet, and spin. I thought I would be able to sit around and watch the Olympics (I am not a Crochet or Knitting Olympian, but I am enjoying watching everyone else’s Olympic progress!) and enjoy the 10″ [...]
Read More..>> Comments(0) My copy of Rowan 39 came in the mail yesterday. I have flipped through it a handful of times and a few things come to mind: Why does anyone need a pattern for a beaded knit chain necklace? Why does Rowan make it so impossible to figure out what in the image is the knitwear [...]
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