OK, so I’ve been doing a lot of learning. Learning about yarn, how to make it, how to use it, various stitches… and also about myself. One thing that I have learned about myself and yarn on this journey: it has to be fun and not stressful. Otherwise, it’s not really worth doing it. Not [...]
So I bought some raw wool from Homestead Wool & Gift Farm. My wool came from an Icelandic/Merino mix, Dorsey.
Exciting! I read up a lot on scouring (again, Aija’s article helped a lot), but I wasn’t confident about it. Prepped my hot hot water with just a bit of Dawn. In went the [...]
I went to a fiber festival a couple of weeks ago. While I was there I purchased some raw alpaca. I finally got around to washing it this week.
I was really worried about felting it! But everything turned out alright. In fact, I got brave & figured, as long as it’s already wet, I [...]
Or “Why I learned to knit.”
One of the sites that was brought to my attention was the site Ravelry.com. I submitted my request to join and waited on the edge of the seat for my invitation to arrive. It came a few days later, and I was excited to check the whole site out. It [...]
Or “How the heck do I do a sl stitch?”
As previously stated in my first post I wanted to make that pretty hat. But I soon discovered that I had to do a lot of studying on what all the abbreviations were (sl, ch, HDC, etc) and how to do them. This particular pattern did [...]
