Ever since the 2009 Winter Knitty came out, I’ve been thinking about Citron. While it seems that the majority of Ravelry seems to be knitting it in fingering weight yarn, I’ve decided to stick with the original laceweight. I’m using an unknown, unlabeled lavender colored baby alpaca laceweight yarn that my mom purchased She knit [...]
I spent the last weekend up at Sock Summit with Kelly, Melissa and Alyse. We had a great time. I didn’t get into any classes, but I did do quite a bit of shopping. There was so much more I could have bought, but I tried to keep my purchases down. I tried to keep [...]
My big goal for this year is to learn to love my stash. I decided that I need to work towards having only yarns in my stash that I like and will use. Right now it’s really a jumble of things I love and “what on earth was I thinking” yarns. Last year, I was [...]
I’ve been trying to work through some of my stash of yarns, and lately I’ve been making a lot of small projects out of my Peaches & Creme. After finishing a few Christmas gifts, Jim commented that he’d like some new dishcloths. They needed to be smaller in overall size, thicker than most of the [...]
Last weekend, Jim and I took a drive northward to the Portland area to check out shopping and other goodness. I convinced Jim that since we were close, we should stop Abundant Yarn and Dyeworks. I was looking for more fiber, since I’ve steadily been spinning up the corriedale that came with my wheel. The [...]
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