I am reminded of Thanksgiving dinner… the preparation takes forEVER, but the actual event is over before you know it. That’s how it feels, looking at my finished Paua Shell Tank. I started the spinning shortly after purchasing the fiber in late summer 2006. The fiber is 50% Tencel / 50% Merino, dyed in the Dragonfly colorway by Bonkers Handmade… Continue Reading Paua Shell Tank
Continue reading →You know that apparently worldwide phenomenon about clothes dryers ‘eating’ single socks? Well, I think it’s contagious – and it mutates. We bought our first new vehicle in thirty years last summer… it’s a beautiful Ford F150: So everything was going along just fine for several months. Then one day, as I headed the few miles into town to the… Continue Reading Our truck eats socks
Continue reading →The “Cable Knitting Techniques” class I taught last month seems to be about ready to fall off the edge of my conscious memory, but there were a few things that I thought I’d talk about here before that happens. In the class (and in the online information I put together), I mentioned learning to read your cables – but that… Continue Reading How to read cables
Continue reading →I despair of ever learning to say “No”. But although I do let myself in for more work that way, it usually more than balances out with fun! This time, it was volunteering to teach a 1-hour class at our local community college’s “Free College Class Day”. My eldest daughter told me they were looking for instructors, and since knitting… Continue Reading Cables on my mind
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