Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 8th 2012
Jul23
In answer to the question, which set do I like better? There is no good answer. I bought the plymouth bamboo set from patternworks.com for ~$100. It contains US equiv 5,6,7,8,9,10 needles. But the us 6 is really a 4.25 mm instead of the 4.00 mm that most other manufacturers use. I use the 4.25 [...]
Jul20
Why are american things so large? Is all that bulk necessary? I give you the example of the two needle sets–one american, the other japanese. Ok, the american set has a few more needles and cables, but does the case need to be so large? And why does my neighbor have to park this in [...]
Jul13
I read about the “Not the knitting you know” show at eleven eleven sculpture place. All I can say is wow. I am especially intrigued by the work of Daina Taimina. We even have the same taste in Noro colorways! Check out the Hyperbolic plane – pseudosphere. Does it remind you of this?
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Jul12
I had forgotten how much I enjoy sewing until this past weekend, and now my juices are flowing again. Why? I took a kimono workshop from Linda Cannefax. She talked us through some history of the kimonos, how to wear them, the different parts of the kimono and variations on these parts, and how to [...]
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Jul10
I woke up to news about the London bombings and had a sense of deja vu. News of these horrible events shouldn’t be so routine. Yesterday, our family took an outing to Santa Monica for dimsum and a movie. Well, Iris and Mark went to the Aero theatre to see Oliver while I checked out [...]
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