Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent.
Wednesday * February 8th 2012
Feb25
I bought a couple of (what? Can’t call them skeins. Can’t call them blanks, because they’ve already been painted. Sheets?) Flat Feet from Conjoined Creations at Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat. This is flat #1 (term used at their website). I was curious to see how the random colors will work out, and the purple [...]
Feb25
Take 2 on the tennis socks pattern. Trying out a few more variations on my original pattern. Variation #1: I worked the short row heel on 60% of the stitches, instead of my normal 50%. I’m not sure how I like these. I didn’t take into account of how much deeper 60% would be and [...]
Feb22
Or, “How Ann makes use of every last inch of her singles.” Disclaimer: This is not intended to be a tutorial for how to create a 3-ply yarn. I am just showing you how I use up all the yarn on my bobbins. My plying technique is not new nor unique, but a compendium of [...]
Feb11
Abby has been battling with the US Postal Service, but I finally received my October batt club package today! Even though I saw my postal delivery person scan the package, the website still shows no activity since Abby shipped the package on November 1st. It only took over 3 months to work through the system. [...]
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