Archive for July, 2007

It’s Beautiful!

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

I am sitting here, at my new job, typing on my laptop. I am wearing jeans and have my iPod playing Ladytron. Life is beautiful.
Speaking of beautiful, I really love how my second hank of handspun came out. It’s a nice, squishy, sporty weight yarn. This time around the [...]

So Many Firsts

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

It’s been a big weekend for me. I spent some quality time with my spinning wheel and got the hang of it. I am not a pro, but I think I can make some workable yarn at this point. It was rough. There was lots of swearing, exasperated sighing, and even [...]

It Came It Came It Came It Came IT CAME!!

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

I was actually shouting that, maniacally, as I danced around the house today after work. What came you ask?

My gorgeous, stunning, eye-achingly beautiful Mazurka.

It took two hours to put together and it really made my right wrist ache like a son-of-a-bitch. But I don’t care. I have a spinning wheel, and it’s [...]

It’s Done! (Or How Many Times I Can Say “Excited” In One Post)

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Wicked is done and needs to be blocked, which can happen tonight. I also need to block the Cherie sweater I finished a bit back so I can take some modeling pics for you.
Jessica asked in my comments yesterday why the sweater looks like it’s so differently coloured from one picture to [...]