Recently, I journeyed out to Athens with my pal @ladygrainne, to attend a Spin Day, thrown by her friend.
We arrived, and before we found out exactly where everyone was, I was able to capture a few shots of the beautiful grounds of the TFFC.
As I was looking at these purple ones, a little friend came [...]
Summary of events over the last month or 2:
-Got to hang out w/ a whole slew of spinners… was AWESOME to see all the wheels in action!
-Started dyeing again. I like some of the results, some not so much….
-I’m also playing with some new fiber types: bamboo, mohair, BFL, superwash merino, and silk noil even. [...]
I knew there was a need for a consistency before. It’s even more obvious to me now. Every night it’s the same thing: How do I spend my time? Do I knit? Spin? Card? Dye? All of the above? I need to create an evening schedule for myself, so that I [...]
I simply love how the alpaca yarn turned out:
I also got the EBtKS finished:
I love it! I’m going to be making a hat out of it… but have to wait to get the right type of needles. I tried it on some circular needles that were a bit too long, and the size was [...]
Continue reading about Pretty Marmalade, Pretty Crazy, Pretty Sprout
So after working with alpaca some, petting it, running it through my hands, carding it, grouping it, spinning it, I had thought that I could very possibly be allergic to it. My hands got rather swollen on the palms, with a very itchy, irritated feeling to them. But Maya showed me this article [...]
Continue reading about Whew! Also getting spin-happy, la la la!
I really wanted to blog my entire fiber experience. Really! But I have a confession to make. I started becoming fiber-enchanted in January sometime. It is now May, and truthfully, my fiber experience has moved so fast, I have not been able to keep up with it. I started crocheting, moved quickly into knitting and [...]
