Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Tuesday * February 7th 2012
Dec26
Or at least, Santa thought so. It’s a Gilmore Looms Gem II. Unfortunately, it doesn’t fit in through the door of the guest room. (Santa was able to get it down the chimney but not through the guest room door, sigh.) I’ll be re-arranging the living room in the coming days.
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Dec12
This is a two-fer post — Black Bunny Hop and Dye-Spin-Knit-along. Not that I actually signed up for either, but there you go. I think I have perfected the perfect handspun sock yarn. Before I go any further, I have to admit that I have never knit a pair of socks from my own handspun. [...]
Dec11
are very good things. Flower Basket Shawl. Cashmere/Wool. I actually finished the shawl back in August, but finally blocked over the weekend. You can’t really tell that I was two rows short in the edging.
Dec08
I started spinning on my new Matchless this past weekend. No more clunking and rattling that I experienced with my old Matchless. Ah…peace and quiet. Except…wait! Why isn’t it drawing in? No matter how I adjust the scotch tension, it sometimes just refused to draw in. It felt as if some fiber was caught somewhere, [...]
Dec05
After pulling out my haul on Sunday, I suddenly couldn’t resist the bright, cheery, fluffy, not to mention Christmas-y, corriedale batts from Grafton Fibers. I had purchased 2 red batts. The observant amongst you will have noticed that the batts are different. They had the same red base, but one had been carded with black, [...]