Posted in Knitting, Spinning, Springtime Shawl on Nov 6th, 2007
I’ve been spinning my fingers to the bone this week so far. Yesterday I spun this fairly large skein (it’s 250yds of fingering weight, very soft and poofy) and so far today I’ve spun about two ounces of singles. I’m shooting for four skeins this week and I really think I can do it.
I’ve been [...]
Posted in Crochet, Knitting, Personal, Spinning, Springtime Shawl on Sep 17th, 2007
I had plans to do so many things today and this is about all I got done. I prepped some roving to spin, that’s about it. I’m feeling so tired and ragged lately (for no real reason) and I just can’t get the motivation to do anything. Anyway, this is more superwash [...]
Posted in Knitting, Spinning, Springtime Shawl on Sep 5th, 2007
My week has been crazy. My cousins are out of town and I’m dogsitting for them (that’s the black dog in the video and pictures from my last post) and she and Sally have been running and playing and barking at everything, they’re hilarious.
While watching them (and Firefly, again), I’ve been knitting on the Springtime [...]
Posted in Knitting, Project Spectrum, Spinning, Springtime Shawl on Aug 31st, 2007
Can you believe August is already over? It’s almost autumn, my favorite time of year. I can’t wait for the leaves to start changing color.
So, this yarn is my ode to August, or at least the August/September Project Spectrum colors, I’m calling it August. This is for me, me, me. The spinning actually isn’t up [...]
Posted in Books, Knitting, Springtime Shawl on Aug 23rd, 2007
I had planned on writing about my sweater/vest today but I haven’t touched it except to knit one row yesterday, so we’ll talk about the new shawl instead. This is Springtime from The First Book of Modern Lace Knitting by Marianne Kinzel. The original pattern is square, so I’m knitting half of it [...]
