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Work has been kicking my ass, and as such I have needed to drink a lot of wine in my off time. But I am knitting, even if the blog has been slow. Here is a quick three picture snapshot of knitting and spinning things:
1. I made Malabrigo. Kinda. Well, [...]

The gretel hat is complete, and I am kinda unsure about it. The pattern is lovely, the yarn is scrumptious, but it may look funny on my head.

Yes, I know I have a funny look on my face. I feel totally uncomfortable in this hat (and truth be told, I hate my teeth [...]

I have never before used Rowan Felted Tweed. I gotta tell you, I’m in love.

It’s not just the yarn, of course. The pattern, found in The Book of Yarn, is KICK ASS. I had to make a few edits due to the yarn change and the fact that I have [...]

I had a great Christmas, complete with turkey and all the trimmings. There were many knitting books under the tree! I can’t wait to get going on some of the projects. The favourite of the moment is Cat Bordhi’s “New Pathways for Sock Knitters”. It’s amazing, it’s new and invigorating and [...]

I wasn’t going to make any Christmas presents this year, but I was finagled into it. Behold, mittens. Or, rather, fingerless gloves with one of those flap thingies.

I am making it up as a go, kinda writing it down for the second mitt. I would almost add this as a [...]