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		<title>More Polwarth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I lost about 60 yards in the finishing process, or about 0.2%. Completely reasonable. And the yarn has poofed up immensely. In cake form, you can see the gradation better. It&#8217;s definitely not in the even steps as I had hoped, but this was what was available from Rovings. Ideally, I would like more contrast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2219</link>
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		<title>Lace Weight Polwarth!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whew! I finally finished plying the 2 bobbins of Polwarth singles. It took 3 days of sporadic plying. That&#8217;s 9.5 oz of Polwarth on the bobbin. As you can see, that darned bobbin is still not full! I can probably pack yet another couple of ounce or so on this bobbin. Someone posted on Ravelry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2211</link>
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		<title>Happy 100th Birthday, Elizabeth!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is Elizabeth Zimmerman&#8216;s 100th birthday. We have much to thank her for&#8230;Schoolhouse Press, Woolgatherings, Elizabeth&#8217;s Percentage System, Pi Shawl, Baby Surprise Jacket and and many more pattern recipes for thinking knitters, all in her classic narrative style.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2206</link>
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		<title>Polwarth Singles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally! It took me about 4 days to spin the first bobbin (approx. 140 g) of lace. The second bobbin? Over 10 days. That&#8217;s the difference TdF made in my spinning time. Now, the plying can begin.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2203</link>
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		<title>Tea Towels!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This all started when I bought my cottage a few years ago. I wanted a mishmash of handwoven guest towels in the bathrooms, just like Suzanne. I love all the different towels she had accumulated over the years from various guild sales that she used as guest towels. There&#8217;s a fresh pile every morning in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2195</link>
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		<title>TdF &#8211; Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the all the fibers that I spun during Tour de Fleece. Not too shabby. The final tally? Breeds Spun: Merino, Targhee, Clun, Border Leicester, and Polwarth Finished Yardage: 3,852 of assorted 2 and 3 ply. Singles Spun: Over 5,000 yards of singles, without counting the Polwarth. There is likely to be another 1,500 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2184</link>
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		<title>TdF &#8211; Last Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a whole lot of progress over here. I&#8217;m still working on the Polwarth/Silk blend. I went camping for the past 3 days and forgot to load the mSpinner in the car, so I am far, far behind. I&#8217;ve only started the second bobbin this morning. The first bobbin had about 155 grams of fiber [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2181</link>
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		<title>TdF Stages 12,13</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finished the Border Leicester rug yarn, thank goodness. I must have left the roving marinate too long because the fiber was clumpy and difficult to draft. The fiber was so sticky (not tacky sticky, but felted sticky) in areas that it was really a pain in the neck. I am glad that it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2177</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 11 &#8211; Rug Yarn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I won a 6 oz. package of Border Leceister/Mohair blend roving from Toots Le Blanc a couple of years ago at Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat. First thing Kathleen asked me was, &#8220;What the heck are you going to do with that?&#8221; You see, Kathleen knows that I&#8217;m a wimp when it comes to wool. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2163</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 10 – Targhee/Clun finished</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the half way point for le Tour, and I finished plying the Targhee/Clun Forest today. Yardage: 1,342, before wet finishing Weight: 15 oz. Plies: 3 WPI: 16-20, before wet finishing; about 12-14 wpi after wet finishing The yarn poofed up nicely after a nice soak. It&#8217;s about a DK weight yarn. I&#8217;m waiting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2151</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 8,9 – Milestone!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of the high mountain rides, and I feel like I&#8217;ve achieved that 14.3 km climb up the 6.8% grade. I finally finished spinning the Targhee/Clun Forest singles. It took 6 days to spin a pound, but it&#8217;s finally done. I spun a bit on the Rest Day as well. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2144</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 7 &#8211; Tigerwood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was our club&#8217;s annual Golf Scramble (aka Tin Cup). I have to admit up front that, while I own my own set of clubs and golf shoes, I don&#8217;t play. Or rather, I do, but really, really badly. Scramble is my kind of golf, since the rest of the foursome isn&#8217;t waiting forever for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2140</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Still spinning the Targhee/Clun blend. I&#8217;m about half way through the pound. Hopefully, I get to plying it all about mid week.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2138</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 5 &#8211; Same as before</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Still plugging along. Not much to show, although I did change to a new bobbin. Not because the bobbin is full, but I want to spread the pound of fiber across at least 3 bobbins, since the end result will be a 3-ply yarn.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2136</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry if your feeds are all messed up. I messed up the Stage numbering and went back to edit. The next few posts are going to be slow slogs and likely no pictures. Why? The picture on the right should give you an idea&#8230; A full pound of a 60/40 Targhee/Clun Forest blend that Kathleen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2102</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 3 – Phooey.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My memory is seriously faulty. I bought some additional Return to Sender fiber at CNCH to augment the original RTS skein, which was only 2 ounces. Unfortunately, I thought it was Bluefaced Leicester. The intention was to add another breed to my TdF breeds list. Guess what? It was merino. Not that merino is bad, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2097</link>
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		<title>Tour de Fleece – Status</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teams: Team Superfleece and Team Footloose Breeds Spun (from The Knitter’s Book of Wool) Merino: Stages Prologue-2, 3 Targhee: Stages 4-10 Clun Forest: Stages 4-10 Border Leicester: Stages 10-13 Polwarth: Stages 14-20 Finished Yardage: 3,852 2-Ply: 2,510 3-Ply: 1,342]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2074</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 2 – Woohoo!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It took most of the day, but I did it. It&#8217;s just shy of 8 oz (7.93 to be exact). I still have a small bit of Scottish Thistle left on the bobbin. With the miniSpinner set at 2 O&#8217;Clock and the WooLee Winder, this was as mindless as plying can get. I had the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2068</link>
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		<title>TdF Stage 1 – Plying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent part of the day at the club playing around with small sailboats and socializing, followed by a BBQ at a friend&#8217;s house, so there was minimal spinning happening here. In place of actual progress, let me give you a few pictures. There is 4 oz each of Lichen (foreground) and Scottish Thistle (background) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2062</link>
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		<title>TdF Prologue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the start of Le Tour. First up is a Prologue. This is a short time trial to determine who wears maillot jaune on the opening day. I&#8217;m using this day to finish up spinning some in progress singles I have on the miniSpinner. It&#8217;s 4 oz of Spirit Trail Fiberworks&#8216; 50/50 merino/silk in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2057</link>
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		<title>Le Tour de Fleece</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve entered Le Tour de Fleece as members of 2 teams: Team Superfleece and Team Footloose. And just what is Tour de Fleece? The idea is to spin along with the Tour de France riders &#8212; spin along on the ride days. I last rode along for 2008. Team Superfleece&#8217;s goal is to spin any Spirit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2055</link>
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		<title>Centuries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hansen&#8217;s miniSpinner #100 and #200. #100 is Lacewood and #200 is Tigerwood. Pretty, aren&#8217;t they?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2049</link>
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		<title>Another Pleated Scarf</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you tired of this series yet? If not, here&#8217;s the next (and last for a while, maybe) pleated scarf. Let&#8217;s go for eye candy first. Click on the image for the full sized fuzzy goodness (click again on the new page to enlarge). Yes, it looks a lot like the last pleated scarf (at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2035</link>
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		<title>Color Ruts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that, every once in a while, you just get into a color rut? You find some yarn that you absolutely can&#8217;t live without. You bring it home, put it away, and then, bam! There seems to be quite a selection of that color, even if it is hand painted yarn, fiber, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2023</link>
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		<title>Towels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While I was up at the cottage last week, I decided to put a little warp on the Gilmore Gem II. Next thing I know, 6 towels were woven off&#8230; Specs: Warp: 8/2 unmercerized cotton in natural Weft: 8/2 unmercerized cotton in grey, sage and blue (2 towels each) Draft: Dissimilar Squares Twill from Handweaving.net [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2010</link>
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		<title>Pleated Scarf References</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my hurry to finish my post and head out for a day of fun, I forgot to include the references for the pleated scarf in the last post. Anne Field&#8216;s Collapse Weave workshop notes. Collapse Weave: Creating Three-Dimensional Cloth, Anne Field. p. 50-55. Handwoven Scarves, Interweave Press. &#8220;Pleated Scarf&#8221; by Gisela Evitt, p 28-29. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/2005</link>
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		<title>4 Pleated Samplers and a Scarf</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been busy. But there wasn&#8217;t a story to tell until everything was finished. So, this will be another long picture laden post. If you don&#8217;t care about the process/samplers, just jump on down to the end to see the finished scarf. Not the scarf, but a pleated scarf nonetheless. As I said in my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1995</link>
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		<title>Collapse Weave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally got around to taking pictures of  the samples from my 2 day collapse weave workshop with Anne Field. All I can say is WOW! I was just blown away with the technique! It&#8217;s been three weeks since the workshop and my brain is still twitching with all the new possibilities. And this is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1952</link>
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		<title>Snot Rags</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a love/hate relationship with facial tissues. They are handy to have around for various things&#8230;blowing your nose, wipe a teary eye, wipe a runny nose. Unfortunately, they are never around when you need them. Or they are a blobby mess at the bottom of your purse, bag or whatever. Those little plastic pouches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1939</link>
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		<title>Just in time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the warm weather that is&#8230; I finished the Ribbed Cap back in December. But the length really bugged me. It was too long to not roll up, but not quite long enough for it to look right rolled. It just wasn&#8217;t wearable by my standards. This week, I buckled and ripped it out to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1933</link>
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		<title>Failed Experiment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Browsing through Weavolution last week, I came across a Weave-Along on the Rigid Heddle list. See post #28 (sorry, can&#8217;t figure out how to link to a specific post). I was obsessed with trying this out. So, yesterday, I measured out a 70&#8243; warp (enough for 2 small table toppers) and went to town. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1874</link>
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		<title>Bevy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Left to Right: CNCH Scarf 1: This scarf was woven by a guild for the CNCH committee members. Unfortunately, I have misplaced the slip of paper that came with this scarf that tell me who wove it and the pattern. I do know that they had to dye the tencel yarn in CNCH colors in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1871</link>
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		<title>Conference!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I can&#8217;t entice you go come join in on the fun at CNCH in Santa Clara this weekend, perhaps this will. Tien&#8216;s wedding dress and coat will be in the fashion show as well as in the gallery on Saturday and Sunday. This year, CNCH has partnered with PenWAG for the fashion show. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1868</link>
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		<title>Curiously Addictive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Made with assorted leftover handspun and sock yarn. Pattern can be found here. You need to have a Lion Brand website account. But if you are like me, you use this. And if you want to know what they are for, you just need to come to CNCH!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1865</link>
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		<title>Sloper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At my Fair Isle Yoke Design class at Madrona, Janine suggested that we develop our own sloper before embarking on a full blown design. I built mine out of handspun 3-ply polwarth (from Rovings, purchased at SOAR 2009). I initially wanted a tunic length sweater. But when I tried on the finished sweater, it had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1860</link>
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		<title>Cram and Space 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my last piece of the weaving intensive. It called Netting A from Marguerite Davison&#8217;s A Handweaver&#8217;s Pattern Book (in the Swedish Lace section). The yarn is Crystal Palace Como on my 15 dent reed at 30 epi. This was an interesting exercise because it utilizes skip dent technique, but you only skip one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1849</link>
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		<title>Cram and Space 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was about the time that I was giving up cram and space as anything I would ever do in real life when Janice showed me a piece that she has been sampling. It is based on the skip dent technique from Sharon Alderman&#8216;s Mastering Weave Structures. Janice worked up a sampler with Henry&#8217;s Attic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1841</link>
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		<title>Cram and Space 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my second sampler/scarf in the Cram and Space workshop. (click for larger) The warp and weft are a mixture Judith&#8217;s hand paint (base yarn is Henry&#8217;s Attic Pony) and Mountain Colors Wool Crepe (Rosehip color way). I followed the warp threading order with my weft to maintain symmetry, because I&#8217;m all about symmetry. The airy centers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1833</link>
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		<title>Weaving Intensive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week was the March Weaving Intensive with Judith MacKenzie McCuin at Point Bonita (Marin Headlands). And what a glorious week it was. Yes, any week with Judith is glorious, but it was doubly so since spring had sprung with a vengeance in the SF Bay Area. The weather was in the upper 60s/low 70s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1820</link>
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		<title>RTS and Singles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I finished the Return to Sender spinning and have turned it in. Photos will need to wait until after the unveiling at the conference. I&#8217;ll let you know how I did after the judging.  I also finished weaving my &#8220;Conference Scarf.&#8221; I still need to press it before its photo shoot. In lieu of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1817</link>
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		<title>Balanced Singles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiber: 100% Blue Faced Leicester (mixed black/white, over dyed) Source: Butternut Woolens Colorway: Sea Glass (purple, green and blue &#8212; think I&#8217;m in a color rut? It&#8217;s just like the Peacock hankies from yesterday&#8217;s post.) WPI: 22 Plies: Single Weight: 4 oz. Amount: 308 yds. Between Janine&#8216;s class on yoked sweaters and Kathryn&#8216;s class on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1804</link>
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		<title>Return To Sender</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing like an impending deadline to jump start the old creative juices. Of course, it could just be the adrenaline speaking. Case in point. I dawdled on Deb&#8217;s Scarf (not Menz) until the day before I was going to give her the present. Yes, I could have waited and given it to her late, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1778</link>
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		<title>Twill Scarf</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warp: Gold handspun in 50/50 merino/silk; approx. 40 wpi. Weft: Olive handspun in 50/50 merino/silk; approx. 40 wpi. Loom: Gilmore Gem II Sett: 20 epi Pattern: 2/2 twill Width: 8&#8243; on loom, 6.75&#8243; after finishing Length: 70&#8243; on loom plus hem, forgot to measure after finishing Yarn spun February 22-26. Warped the loom on March [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1768</link>
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		<title>Injured</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I missed a step last week, and came tumbling down the stairs in the middle of the night. Nothing broken, but I broke the fall with both hands and my (bad) knee. Ugh. It&#8217;s been a week and the right wrist is still painful. Do you know how much you use your dominant hand&#8217;s wrist [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1766</link>
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		<title>Creative Euphoria and GTD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, I live in this state of creative euphoria whenever I attend events like SOAR or Madrona Fiber Arts&#8216; Winter Retreat or CNCH. There is so much creative energy around me, both in and out of the classroom environment.  My imagination is limitless. There are endless projects to design and possibilities to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1761</link>
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		<title>Tired Math</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Never ever try to do math, even simple math, when you are tired. Case in point. I measured; I swatched for yoke sweater. All good. 8 sts to 2&#8243;. Easy. Just plug that number there into the EPS worksheet. Yup. Plug it in. Okay, pull out the calculator and see how many stitches to cast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1757</link>
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		<title>Home from Madrona</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I do every time I return from a fiber retreat, I am full of inspiration and project ideas. I&#8217;m like a little kid at Christmas with visions of sugar plums. This year&#8217;s Madrona was no exception. I took 4 all day classes, but only attended 3.5 of them. Janine&#8216;s Fair Isle Yoke Sweater Design [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1754</link>
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		<title>Blue Spruce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fiber: Rovings Polwarth Export Fine Colorway: Semi Solid Blue Spruce Weight: 735 grams Yardage: 1,544 yards (before fulling) Plies: 3 WPI: 10-12 This was spun and plied on the Butterfly. I&#8217;m still getting used to the eSpinner. The yarn is not as consistent as I would like, and some areas are over twisted. The yarn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1749</link>
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		<title>Refinishing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a whole lot of exciting things happening here. I can&#8217;t seem to focus on much lately, and haven&#8217;t wanted to commit to a new project with so many unfinished projects around. So, instead of actually picking up one of those UFOs and working on them, I created UFOs. Huh? Create UFOs yet not start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1738</link>
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		<title>Mom&#8217;s Tasha Shawl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finished. I finished this over a week ago. It&#8217;s the first time we&#8217;ve had sunshine for picture taking in weeks.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1730</link>
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		<title>Shawls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As knitters, it&#8217;s been drilled into us over and over to get enough of a single dye lot to finish your project. Even buy an extra skein to make sure that you have enough. But when it comes to kettle dyed/hand dyed yarns, you have to be even more diligent. My mom has been complaining [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1727</link>
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		<title>Lunch Boxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Today&#8217;s post has nothing to do with fibers. So, skip as you wish.) I smiled when I saw these LunchBots at the health food store today. Why? They reminded me of the metal bento boxes we had while growing up in Taiwan. Each evening, leftovers are packed in tight into these metal boxes and tied [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1717</link>
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		<title>New Vest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I said in my last post, the CMF Superwash 3 ply in &#8220;The Beat Goes On&#8221; colorway wasn&#8217;t pleasant to knit as sock yarn.  I did wear it for a couple of walks (purl side out), and it wasn&#8217;t too bad to wear, but my fingers were still cramped from knitting it on little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1711</link>
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		<title>Anklets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two pairs of anklets. The yarn is 3-ply handspun.  Both are spun from Crown Mountain Farm&#8217;s Superwash Merino Handpaint and knit on 2.5 mm needles. The green should be familiar.  It was first used here as a 2 ply; and 3 ply sock yarn here, and again here.  As you can see, 8 oz go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1705</link>
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		<title>New Loom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hand carved beater bar! (click for bigger)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1700</link>
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		<title>Ribbed Cap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pattern? I loosely based it on Vogue Knitting&#8217;s Ribbed Cap, except I knitted it in the round instead of flat. 104 sts instead of 106, and the shaping had to change to accommodate the new stitch count and working in the round. I made it 8&#8243; long instead of 6&#8243; before starting the crown, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1689</link>
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		<title>Happy Solstice!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo from Lunar &#38; Planetary Institute Newsletter (Dec 2007). This picture was taken the morning of the 2000 Winter Solstice near Ames, Iowa. The halo is made by sunlight shining through millions of ice crystals.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1679</link>
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		<title>Socks Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve tried wearing the same socks &#8220;inside out&#8221; &#8212; the stockinette surface against the skin. And you know what? It works! The abrasive qualities are gone.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1684</link>
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		<title>Wears Like Iron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I signed up to walk a half marathon in June. By announcing it here means that I can&#8217;t back out, right? And in preparation of that, I will also be doing a 5K walk on New Year&#8217;s Day. Yesterday, I went to the Y and hopped on the treadmill to get a baseline. I wanted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1672</link>
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		<title>New Recipes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not food (although Grace and I did IM each other about food quite a bit last night &#8212; winter vegetables&#8230;yum!), but knitting recipes. I culled through my past blogs and compiled a list of knitting recipes that I&#8217;ve sort of written in the past. A little more than scribbles on whatever is handy in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1663</link>
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		<title>Shrug Revisited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the weather has turned cold, I find myself reaching for warm and snuggly things to wrap around me.  The item I reach for the most is my shrug. I made this shrug nearly 3 years ago, and it still gets worn on a regular basis.  I like it because it is easy to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1644</link>
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		<title>Hiker&#8217;s Waistcoat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pattern: Hiker&#8217;s Waistcoat Yarn: Cascade Rustic (3.5 skeins), purchased from Island Wools, Friday Harbor, WA This was a quick knit.  It took less than a week. The neckline didn&#8217;t quite work out as the pattern stated so I winged it a bit.  Otherwise, I followed the pattern exactly as written.  The problem was that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1639</link>
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		<title>New Interweave Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting new challenge from Interweave Press/Handwoven&#8230;Not Just For Socks with your handwoven. There are a lot of fun things you can make with those sock yarns and a rigid heddle loom or portable looms like Weavettes. Deadline is February 28, 2010. Lots of great prizes too. Grace &#8212; There&#8217;s plenty of time for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1637</link>
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		<title>Cold Weather Knitting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The weather has turned COLD since I returned from SOAR. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s been cold all along, but because of my self enforced confinement due to the cold pre-SOAR, I just didn&#8217;t notice it. In any case, the whispers in the back recess of my brain are now shrieking&#8230;Vests! Hats! Mitts! Something, anything, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1634</link>
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		<title>SOAR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So much to say yet so little to show for it on my cameras.  At least, that I&#8217;m willing to share on the blog. After all, I need to hold back something for blackmailing. Karaoke with Velma &#38; Nancy Roberts, anyone? Samba line dancing? (Thank goodness no one took pictures of me doing that!) Stetson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1588</link>
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		<title>CNCH 2010 Registration Open!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNCH 2010 online registration is now open! Go check it out.  We&#8217;ve got some great programs!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1585</link>
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		<title>Blanket Update #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to my spreadsheet, I&#8217;m about 40% of desired size.  I haven&#8217;t blocked it yet, so it might be a bit more.  But I don&#8217;t intend to block it aggressively, so the size is probably fairly accurate.  The sections are going very very slowly. But I know I&#8217;m committed enough to the project to start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1580</link>
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		<title>Still Here; Homeward Bound</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Still alive and kicking.  I pretty much lucked out and dodged all the typhoons in the Philippines. I&#8217;m also scheduled to miss the remnants of Typhoon Melor that hit Japan last week and due to hit the west coast early this week. The diving was good. I can&#8217;t say great because I don&#8217;t think it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1578</link>
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		<title>Taiwan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I made it to Taiwan after 22 hours in airplanes and airports. I did work on the Patchwork Throw a bit. And as predicted, I did end up having one small ball of yarn roll away into the deep reaches.  Thankfully, it was a small ball and I was able to knit it off quickly.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1572</link>
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		<title>Pink is for October</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going Pink for October. I&#8217;m not doing anything fancy except changing in the background color because I just don&#8217;t have time right now to build a new template around this. Perhaps next year.  In the meantime, read up on it and click on through to give free mammograms.  Which reminds me, I&#8217;m due for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1563</link>
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		<title>October</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Please click through the link on the right to give free mammograms!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1560</link>
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		<title>Turkish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After reading Syne&#8217;s post about her Yarn Turtles, I thought it was the perfect solution to my &#8220;what spinning should I take with me on vacation?&#8221; question.  The Turkish spindle breaks down in nice neat package.  There are no delicate hooks that can get bent out of shape. I took a look at all my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1552</link>
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		<title>Blanket Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The blanket is coming along very very slowly. I seem to rip more than I knit.  How is that possible? I&#8217;m still net positive on the blanket. It physically exists.  Math doesn&#8217;t work that way. So what&#8217;s the deal? Because I&#8217;m making it up as I go, and I&#8217;ve been working at it very sporadically, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1537</link>
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		<title>CNCH 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the CNCH (Conference of Northern California Handweaver) Liaison Luncheon and Advisory Meeting.  This also means that it&#8217;s the official unveiling of the CNCH 2010 conference. The conference brochures will be passed out to the Liaisons to take home to their guilds. But this year, in addition to the paper brochures, we will also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1529</link>
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		<title>Happy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though I&#8217;ve known about this for a while now, and blogged about it, there&#8217;s still something magical about seeing your project and name in print.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1525</link>
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		<title>Call Me Pot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While on the island, I spent a wonderful afternoon visiting with Kathleen and Eva. As with most of our visits, talk quickly turns to fiber (along with food).  Kathleen mentioned that she was about to buy yet another loom.  And we all laughed at how Kathleen tends to go overboard with her acquisitions. This will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1520</link>
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		<title>Twitchin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have the Deb Menz blanket (&#8220;DBM&#8221; because I&#8217;m lazy that way) that I must finish, but haven&#8217;t touched in about 10 days.  But while sitting in the CNCH 2010 planning meeting yesterday, I was mesmerized by Carole&#8217;s lace stole.  I am twitching to cast on for a new lace piece.  I am fighting that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1518</link>
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		<title>Still Here&#8230;Barely.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where has the time gone? I packed a whole lot of fiber projects when I came up on the island.  Sheesh. I have nearly 2 months. Of course, I&#8217;ll be able to weave some hand towels, a shawl or two, finish spinning all the remaining singles and ply them for the Deb Menz blanket, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1511</link>
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		<title>CCF Socks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is sock from the previous post. I&#8217;m almost at the heel (toe up). I got lucky and made it on the Port Townsend ferry without a reservation. I made the decision to try for it, since I wasn&#8217;t thrilled about the idea of trying to get through Seattle during rush hour. Whew! Now to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1509</link>
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		<title>Off to Sock Summit!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m mostly packed. I&#8217;ll head south tomorrow for Portland and the Sock Summit.  I&#8217;ll be helping Marcy out in the Weaving Works booth tomorrow evening and possibly Friday morning.  Otherwise, I&#8217;ll just be hanging around visiting (and shopping).  Stop by and say &#8220;hi!&#8221; A quick post to show you what I&#8217;ve been up to. From [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1503</link>
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		<title>Still Spinning Away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the view from my spinning wheel.  Needless to say, I&#8217;ve been a little distracted.  Aside from looking out at the water, watching the sunset, planting herbs, putting in some shrubs, I&#8217;ve also been busy picking berries and making jam.  Posting might be a little sporadic as I get back into the groove of island [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1501</link>
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		<title>Relaxing 4th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barb called to see if I was interested in joining her on a little field trip on the 4th instead of doing the usual thing with the throngs.  I jumped at the idea as soon as she uttered &#8220;Artfibers.&#8221; I hadn&#8217;t been to Artfibers since they moved out of San Francisco, so this was my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1490</link>
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		<title>Happy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Straight edges. 90° corners (T-Square provided as proof). Tidy attachments. This is probably the 3rd iteration of this attempt because I wasn&#8217;t satisified with variations of attaching the live knitting to the knitted piece.  The one I finally settled on is: sl last stitch as if to purl, pickup edge stitch from the back, purl [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1484</link>
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		<title>Playing with Color</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been looking at the pile of little tiny skeins of plied yarn from my two workshops with Deb Menz (SOAR 2008 and Spring 2009).  They are a pretty lot. I wrapped them onto old business cards*&#8230; Then I took the leftover bits and started a project&#8230; Pretty, isn&#8217;t it? Too bad it&#8217;s on hold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1473</link>
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		<title>Pinwheel Shrug Finished</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for 90+F weather. I don&#8217;t have a way of photographing this (it keeps slipping off hangers), but I assure you that it&#8217;s lovely. Just the thing to keep me warm while I read or work on the computer.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1471</link>
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		<title>Cola</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet Cola. (Get it? Coal&#8230;Cola.)  Black merino fleece from Janet Heppler, purchased at Retzlaff Winery Spin-In a few weekends ago.  Isn&#8217;t she gorgeous?  I grabbed her because I was there with a checkbook at the right time. There was someone else interested in her, but they walked away to look for a friend to share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1468</link>
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		<title>Yarn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lest you think I&#8217;ve completely gone over to the dark side. There has been activities other than weaving around here. Tactile Fiber Arts April Club Fiber: 50/50 Angora/Merino Weight: 2 oz Singles: 60-68 wpi 2-Ply: 36 wpi, pre-fulled; 28 wpi, fulled Yardage: 438 yards, pre-fulled; 426 yards, fulled. Singles spun on Reeves Frame Wheel. Plied [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1463</link>
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		<title>Theo Morman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine it sideways&#8230;much more fun than I expected.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1461</link>
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		<title>Weaving in Miniature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been spinning nor weaving much lately. I&#8217;ve been bitten by the weaving bug in the past week.  Actually, it&#8217;s been going on for a while, but more from the perspective of experimentation than production. Remember how I mentioned in my original Spring Cleaning post that I had an idea for an unspun silk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1441</link>
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		<title>CVM Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is just  a quick follow up to the earlier CVM post. I came home today to my copy of the Summer Spin-Off. What do I find but an excellent article on CVM by Robin Russo? It was good to see that my washing and combing experiences were fairly on target with Robin&#8217;s. I found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1438</link>
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		<title>I am giddy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ann, Thanks so much for entering our “All Wrapped Up In Natural Fibers” contest. Congratulations—your scarf has been selected as a finalist for the Fall 2009 Handspun Gallery! &#8230; Best wishes, Amy Editor of Spin-Off magazine]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1431</link>
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		<title>CVM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent the weekend washing fleece. When I was able to finish up the California Red on Saturday afternoon, I got over confident and thought that I finish both the CVM and the rest of Jill on Sunday, if I got going nice and early. Did I say I got over confident? I didn&#8217;t even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1412</link>
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		<title>Finishing Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been some finishing work around here. I finally finished spinning and plying the moorit merino/silk roving. There are 1,460 yards of 2-ply yarn here. It&#8217;s approximately 18 wpi off of the wheel. I haven&#8217;t wet finished this yarn yet. Once I do so, the fiber will bloom quite a bit. Why haven&#8217;t I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1409</link>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning #7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Project #6: The Victoria Shawl from Victorian Lace Today I&#8217;m embarrassed to say that I think this one languished only because I forgot about it. I pulled it out to as a trip project. On return, it got put away. Out of sight, out of mind. I don&#8217;t remember the name nor the colorway of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1351</link>
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		<title>Station Break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring Cleaning will resume tomorrow. Yeah, it&#8217;s depressing how many more there are. I&#8217;ll keep going until I am either finished with cataloging them or I&#8217;m too embarrassed to list more.  Whichever comes first. There has been other fiber activities around here, in addition to the spring cleaning.  I&#8217;ve been working away at 12 oz [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1405</link>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning #6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Project #5: This should look familiar &#8212; the ubiquitous Clapotis. I had resisted when this was all the rage.  I had continued to resist even after seeing a few first hand.  It&#8217;s nice, but I just wasn&#8217;t interested. However, once I saw Penny&#8217;s Clapotis, I fell in love.  The drape of the Koigu in this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1350</link>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning #5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Project #4: Squirrel Mittens I started these in the fall of 2007 and abandoned it on November 21, 2007.  How do I know the exact date? It was the date that I IMed with my sister about this project.  I had intended this to be mittens for Iris. Obviously, it won&#8217;t fit her now.  She&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1348</link>
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		<title>Faroese Styled Shawl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Specs: My own design: from the neck down; finished off with 3 st i-cord bound off/edging all the way around Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Sock, 1+ skein each of White/Natural (S269, Lot A) and Reds (S84, Lot A) Needles: 3.00 mm Back Length: 15&#8243; I had originally aimed for about 20&#8243; depth, but I was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1383</link>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning #4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Project #3: Anarchy Sweater by Anna Zilboorg I honestly don&#8217;t know what to do with this.  I seem to pick this sweater up about once a year. Work on it a little bit, and then abandon it.  My heart just isn&#8217;t into this sweater. I had already woven in all the ends in the main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1340</link>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning #3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Project #2: Circular Shrug I started this back in January. I was always cold while sitting in my home office for hours at a time. I was thinking shrugs. Then my mind went to the circular baby blanket I made a while back. I used the dimensions specified in Elann&#8217;s Pinwheel Sweater for the sleeve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1317</link>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring cleaning of another sort. The cottage is finally nearing completion.  The new French doors are in. The cabinets are getting their finish this week.  The new sofa and chair are in the warehouse, waiting for the construction crap to be hauled away. It was time for me to dig my rugs out of storage. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1329</link>
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		<title>Spring Cleaning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know. This weekend actually marks the beginning of summer here in the United States, but the summer equinox isn&#8217;t for another month, so I&#8217;m still good. I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about projects that have been languishing in various knitting bags around the house, and it&#8217;s time to make some hard decisions about these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1304</link>
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		<title>Mary Cassatt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google is celebrating one of my favorite Impressionists today. Mary Cassatt.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1299</link>
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		<title>Brushed Mohair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mohair/Silk: 1 ply each 28-32 wpi (minus the halo) 852 yards I finished spinning this yarn back in February, but I never got around to finishing it until this week.  After washing the skein, I whacked and thwacked it around to loosen up the mohair.  Once dried, I wound and rewound the skein/ball on my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1283</link>
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		<title>Cabling Along</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first started to knit cables, I used those metal cable needles that looked like a shepherd&#8217;s crook. I hated it. Moving stitches around the crook was a PITA. I moved on to the metal cable needles with a little hump in the middle, like an elongated omega (Ω). This wasn&#8217;t bad. You can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fibermusings.net/archives/1281</link>
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