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Stash and simplicity (part one)

A friend asked me "do knitters have a stash?" I laughed. She is a former quilter who gave away her sewing machine and fabric stash when she was all quilted out. Ravelry lets you browse what people have in their yarn stash. The biggest stash on Ravelry lately

Re-stashing

I destashed some yarn on Ravelry last month and I'm down to just the things I like. Yarn clubs are not for me, and the impulse purchases are gone now. I picked up a few interesting things in their place: Lovesticks BFL fingering yarn in Redwood. I have

Alpaca heaven

I think there's an unwritten rule that says spinners need to draw others into spinning, and help them get started. Drove out on Saturday to Worden IL with Anna and a group from Knitty Couture for a visit to Prairieland Peruvian Alpacas and had a fabulous time! The

Impending sheep fest II

Got my plane ticket, got the Friday off work, Rox has the Friday off work, and I'm going to Maryland Sheep and Wool! The festival website has been updated with this year's logo and the mammoth vendor list. The ones I really want to see are:

Chocolate and vanilla

I'm spinning about two feet of Jacob each session (one of each colour) and this stuff is fun! It's going to be self-striping three-ply yarn, hopefully around sport weight. The roving smells a little sheepy and it's very easy to spin, I love the

Squee! Alpaca!

I'm going to visit an alpaca ranch! Knitty Couture has set up tours of Prairieland Peruvian Alpacas and I'll be going with a friend on April 19th. There will be yarn and roving, and a one hour road trip with people who know about such things.

Yak, Jacob, and a small rant

Found a great spindle box for my Tudor Rose spindle and started spinning some grey yak down. The box is a birch wine bottle box with a leather tie, it holds the spindle and a good lump of fibre. The yak is from Crown Mountain Farms, very soft and fluffy,

Birthday spinning - The Tudor Rose

It's my birthday today, and Hubby got me the most wonderful present, a drop spindle custom designed specially for me by Thomas Golding, the Tudor Rose: This is the band on the rim, sterling silver with roses on: It has a cherry whorl with some amazing scroll work,

Spinning FO: Undyed Baby Camel

Finished this during the week: Baby camel down from The Fold, 57 yds, 1 oz, Navajo plied on wheel, spindle spun, light sport weight yarn. This is my first attempt at Navajo plying, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. My technique needs a lot of

Brass Monkeys

There was a freak blizzard across St Louis on Monday morning but all the snow was gone by 2pm. It's been grey and dismal and bitter cold outside for weeks, even my red car turned grey with all the salt on the roads. I got a ball of

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