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The week in fibre

Finished the English Country Garden socks just before we left, those arrived safely in their new home on Friday. Being away from home for a week had other advantages. I did the whole foot of my cotton lace socks and found a yarn store, bead store, and Starbucks within two

Paused for maintenance

I'll be in Chicago next week for the Vineyard Midwest Regional Conference, offline. Meantime, this is the state of play: * I'm well over halfway on sock #2 of the English Country Garden socks and the Karaoke scarf is one ball down with three to go. I&

Back in business

Knitting morning will be back at Borders cafe on Brentwood next month, and every second Saturday. There is now a functional cafe with plenty of space for us. If you're in St Louis, female, and a knitter or crocheter, come and join us July 8th at 10am-12pm. I&

New UFOs

Started a scarf last Sunday with South West Trading Company Karaoke in Rainbow. The yarn is half wool, half soy silk, and the thickness varies from light sportweight through chunky. It is soft and shiny but splitty, the yarn isn't plied and you can leave some of the

Cats and a blanket

The cute kitten turned into a lean 15 pound cat who behaves like a dog (plays fetch, and comes when called, but without the drooling). Quantum will greet strangers, but prefers people she knows to sit on. Tangle runs from strangers, friends, everyone but Hubby and me. The two cats

Spinning FO: Spindle Spun Silk

I've been spinning a silk hankie on my spindle. It's a lot of fun, even when I get snared by stray silk threads. You pull off layer after layer and there's still more. A lot more. Plied most of what I'd spun,

The longest scarf

BBC News: Germans unravel giant Cup scarf. The town of Unna in western Germany is hoping for an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for what it claims is the world's longest football scarf. The 12.5-kilometre (eight-mile) woollen scarf was knitted by more than 1,000

Knitted objects

Started knitting the Coopworth I spun for spinning class into a scarf. It's hard to get a decent picture of this, all I've got is a still life with cat and yarn. The cable pattern is from Rachel's Good Ole Cable Scarf, which I

Second time around

Left Ear: Oh... dude got dogs, man. I don't do dogs. I-I had a bad experience. Charlie: What happened? Left Ear: I had. A bad. Experience. D**n it, I'm deaf. Quote from The Italian Job Once upon a time there was some sock yarn. Good

Spin, coin, knit

Tried spinning my silk hankie on Friday, using the Knittyspin article as a guide. I'm amazed at the results! It is so easy to spin, even easier than the Coopworth, and it's shiny. Shiny and beautiful. It gets stuck to your hands, especially if your skin

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