the fiber fetishist

I am on a yarn diet, really I am. Next weekend is MD S+W, and I will buying fun things there. I have too much stash as it is. I don’t need more, even if I would like more. Ebay has other thoughts. Ebay is not helping. This morning I received this standard email: ============================= [...]

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I told E (of PokingMyEyesOut) yesterday that I would finish my Ladybug socks tonight. Since I said I would — I did (if only it were always this easy)! marienkafer socken — click to view gallery page Quick Stats: Pattern: None really. Cuff down. Tubular cast on, 1×1 rib, 80 stitches, transition to 4x1x2x1 rib. [...]

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I don’t tell good jokes (“A guy walks into a bar.” pause “The second guy ducks.”). I don’t tell funny anecdotes. I do have a good sense of humor and I always laugh appropriately, it’s just that I personally have trouble delivering a story or joke in a way to make someone else laugh. But [...]

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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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I do have a MD S+W plan. I had a plan last year, and I mostly stuck to it. I also managed to keep to my budget last year, so hopefully I can do as well this year. This year I’m not looking for quite as much. I think my stash (of yarn and fiber [...]

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Oh, Opal, why do you do this to me… Love: for some reason, my short-row heels in Opal yarns always look better than in any other yarn: Love– I thought: I tried to match the stripes. I thought I was set when the legs matched: Finally, Hate: then I finished the heel and the striping [...]

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When you’re healthy, you sometimes fantasize about taking a sick day. A free day to spend at home with the fuzzy ones, catching up on TiVOed programs, knitting/crocheting/spinning. Then you actually get sick. I spent the entire day yesterday sleeping. I tried to watch an anime dvd — I fell asleep 30 minutes into it. [...]

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Well, with my time being sucked up this week with family events and the Komi mitten, I didn’t make much sock progress. I did get to the heel on the Ladybug sock, but the ribbing is really boring me right now (doh): ladybug socks I also swatched three yarns… I’m not quite sure why since [...]

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Wow, that was a fast knit! It was a fun half-project… komi mitten is love [click to view gallery images] Of course, now I still have the mate to knit and the ends to weave in.

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I’ve moved the new WordPress site over to replace the old site. The biggest problem right now is that I’m having some issues adjusting it so that the new site feed can be read at the old site feed locations. Bloglines/other aggregators aren’t happy about it. I’m working on it. If you did make it [...]

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