Scarves and other nice things

Grad school is currently kicking my butt. I’m so glad there’s only two semesters left. I’m so ready to enter the “real” world of full-time work, where my “free” time is actually free and I don’t have to feel guilt about the paper I should be writing when I craft. Anyhow, I have been getting [...]

Some spinning and some socks

Last week, I finished up my first substantial skein of handspun! The roving is 100% Merino from Gale’s Art, which I bought at Convergence. I spun up two singles and then plyed them together on a drop spindle. Let me just say that plying takes sooo much longer than you think it will. I can [...]

Fabric Organizing Cabinet

This is something that’s been finished for awhile, I’ve just never gotten around to blogging it. It’s a wood working project I made with a great deal of assistance from my roommate who is a professional wood worker and cabinet maker. I started with two sheets of plywood and worked on it for about 4 [...]

Clapotis & Fiber!

I will start this post with something I learned on Ravelry – it’s pronounced klap-oh-tee, which is French for something like “little waves”. This pattern has become something of a legend. On Ravelry there are nearly 5,000 FO’s of this project. So now, I have joined the bandwagon by completing my very own Clapotis, and [...]

My newest toy (erm, I mean tool)

So many things to blog about, but only a few will be in here. I’ve got several new FO’s (finished objects) and a pattern in the works for one of them, so look forward to that soon. Today, I want to focus on my newest toy: my first serger. I’ve been wanting one for years, [...]

presenting… my first handspun

After getting together my fiber, spindle and a how to spin book last week, I set about to create my first handspun. My first two attempts turned out as tangled messes. It takes a few tries to figure out how to spin the spindle properly, and how to pre-draft and draft the fiber. When I [...]

The yarn war is over, let the spinning begin!

This post is going to be all over the place. I won my battle with the French Unger Tweed last week. After a great deal of spit-splicing and un-raveling tangled yarn, I have tamed it into submission (er, I mean four center pull cakes). I’m going to use this yarn and some Brown Sheep Lamb’s [...]