Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 8th 2012
May24
I have the finishing blahs … I can’t seem to get myself to finish anything this past week. I have 2 pairs of socks in progress, but can’t seem to get motivated to finish them. I have about one bobbin left to go on my colored rovings (of the 11 ounces), and can’t seem to [...]
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May15
Look-ee what I’ve been working on! This was made with some sale yarn that I picked up a the local yarn store last weekend. I decided that it would make a really cute yoke sweater (a la Elizabeth Zimmerman) for one of the grand-nieces, grand-nephew, or niece. Since I don’t have any little ones around, [...]
May08
Ta Da! The silk cap shawl is finished! You can’t tell from this picture, but it’s the color of a field of spring violets. Lovely. Boy, this stuff is addictive. Let’s just rip up one more cap to knit … uh-oh, can’t stop in the middle of a row … let’s rip up some more [...]
May06
Hey Grace! Guess what I’m making for Iris? I’m knitting a play shawl for Iris from the silk cap that I dyed during Rainbow Dyeing with the Microwave workshop that I took with Barbara Bitetto at The Shepherd’s Extravaganza. (Click on picture for enlarged view.) This is one of the items that I dyed during [...]
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May05
I’m healing nicely, according to my self appointed doctor. But with all the itching that’s going on, I have the attention span of a gnat. It’s all I can do to sit in front of the boob tube and spin. I can’t concentrate long enough to work on my Pi Shawl. I did finish these [...]
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