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Acquisition Central, or A Good Mail Week
What a lovely week it’s been! I got three club shipments and caught a Woolmeise update at The Loopy Ewe (thank you, Twitter push notifications!). What did the mailman bring me? SpaceCadet Creations sent me a lovely sock yarn in … Continue reading
Whatever holiday it is, I got yarn, and that’s what counts.
Happy post-Christmas let-down! We’re in that limbo between Christmas and New Year’s where many of us have children to entertain for a solid week. I fear that a visit to Chuck-E-Cheese is in my near future. To take my mind … Continue reading
A Knitter’s Thanks
It’s Thanksgiving in the USA, and I like to take this time to think about all the things for which I am grateful. The part of that I want to share with you: things I am thankful for, as a … Continue reading
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Never look gift yarn in the mouth
…or something like that. A very good friend of mine invited me to a “Yarn Riot” sale about a week before Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool. I was both working and saving my pennies for the orgy of yarn shopping I … Continue reading
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Tagged friends, knitting, Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool, shopping, stash, yarn
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Fall getting you down? A short rumination on the moods of dyers.
Evidently a lot of independent yarn dyers are getting sad that fall is approaching. I received yarn from three clubs today. Here they are: Now, I love grey, but this is a little uncanny, don’t you think? All three of … Continue reading
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Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool – is that a llama I see before me?
Wow. I just got back from the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival. My wallet is lighter and my stash is bigger. I met some amazing people, saw incredible knitted items, and ate some pretty yummy food. I played Rhinebeck Bingo, … Continue reading
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The Mitten of Oppression
TKGA Level 2: Fair Isle Mitten. Such annoying words. I have now knit this mitten twice, and I still don’t really like it. I’m trying to convince myself to submit this mitten, but I’m not too sure it will pass … Continue reading
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Tagged knitting, TKGA, yarn, yarn clubs
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Admit it – you would have done it too.
Today, through the power of connectivity, I bought Wollmeise while sitting on the toilet. You read that right, folks. I bought Wollmeise while engaged in quite antisocial bodily functions, about which I will say no more, so it’s safe to … Continue reading
Ich muss die Wollmeise Garn gehaben!
Wollmeise: the word that makes sock yarn aficionados sigh and glaze over with longing. What’s the deal here? Color. Color is the deal, my friends. Saturated, amazing, creative color. Need I really say more? Now, I just need to actually … Continue reading
WOLLMEISE!!
Whew! I just caught a Wollmeise update at The Loopy Ewe!! I just so happened to catch the mention on Twitter (which didn’t send a text to my phone, oddly, until well after the fact). My first couple of choices … Continue reading
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