Radiant Twist

Yesterday I plied and abused my second (and third) skein of yarn.  Aren’t they purty?

Purple Merino, purchased at Maine Fiber Frolic
6oz
11wpi (light worsted)
295yds
And up close

This yarn came out A LOT better than my last yarn.  The singles were much more even, though still a little lumpy.  I plied it pretty tightly, so I […]

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I’m a failure.

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As a 1930s wife, I am
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So yes, the wheel did follow me home from Frolic (sorta:)  I found it at The Merlin Tree booth while I was spying some beautiful alpaca yarn.  It’s one of their modified Ashford Kiwi’s…..it’s hinged so it folds for easy storage and travel and has an onboard lazy kate.  Oh, and the wheel itself is […]

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Yesterday, Jared and I stopped here:

and this

followed me home!

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Yeah! This pattern has been a while in the making. I love plain socks made of bright and outrageous sock yarns! I’ve had a few people ask me for the pattern I used, so I set about to working up a pattern for plain stockinette socks. As I worked on it, […]

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I know, I seem to have dropped off of the planet.  Spring is here and we are busy.  We’ve had birthdays, our anniversary, family visit and I had the cold to end all colds for a week or so in there.  I HAVE been knitting though!

A clapotis in progress.  I started this a little over […]

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