My neighbourhood, a fibre artist’s Mecca

There are some things that you pass by, day by day, and never really take note of until one day they just jump out at you. Yesterday, for me, it was G & S Dye and Accessories. An entire store, just for dyes — not paints (though there are plenty of art-supply stores [...]

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Why is there no knitting to show*? Because, like millions of others, I’m reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, or at least I would be if I wasn’t at work. (The Dru is probably reading it right now; just as in Ladyhawke, there will most likely be only brief moments at dawn and [...]

Good Mail, Good Evening

My final Secret Pal 10 package arrived today, and with it, the revelation of my pal’s secret identity! I have been lavishly and intuitively, surprisingly and generously, by none other than Melly!
How lucky have I been? First, there was lovely roving for spinning, just as I was beginning my hand-spinning journey [...]

Unravelling Ravelry

There’s been a heck of a lot of buzz out in the blogosphere lately about Ravelry. It think it’s tied to the new application that lets one track one’s place in line for sign ups, and if Kathleen’s recent starts are any indicator of the norm, we’re talking people flocking in to it [...]

Pomatomess? Sea Socks?

I know you’ve all been terribly worries these last few days about that Sea Wool so let me start by assuring you that it all turned out alright in the end:

It took a while, and by the time I’d would in into a big ol’ ball o’ yarn once I really didn’t have the heart [...]

Big Mess O’Yarn

Something went horribly awry during skein-splitting.

Pray for me.

FO: Manly Monkeys

Finished! One pair of manly Monkey socks; a week or so after Dru’s birthday, perhaps, but they seem to please him nonetheless. He loves the fit, and I still love the Monkeys!

Finished socks, complete with Max in background.

The “Action Shot”. (Dru’s idea!)
Details
Pattern: Monkey, by Cookie A. (free on Knitty)
Yarn: Trekking [...]

What I did on my summer vacation

These past few weeks have been trying and hectic, to say the least, but have cumulating in Very Good Things!
After extensive interviewing for those two jobs I’ve mentioned, I was offered BOTH! This was awesome in and of itself, and I accepted the University one with long-term goals in mind. After [...]