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Too nice for me?

Posted in spin, stash, to-do on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Silly: I am afraid to start spinning the Merino because I might screw it up…

Learning a Language

Posted in life, non-crafty, to-do on August 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Rebekkah over at Bowerbird Knits is hosting a contest through the end of the month for a skein of handspun. She is an amazing spinner, so of course it would be great to win some of her gorgeous handspun. But the thing I really found most enjoyable about the contest was the question she posed: [...]

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Fiber Photo Shoot.

Posted in photos, stash, to-do on August 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I was poking around on Ravelry a couple of days ago and found myself admiring the stash profiles of my friends and neighbors. Looking at my own, I noticed how shamefully out-of-date it was, missing most of the accumulations of the past 8 months. So yesterday afternoon I set to work photographing. I realized pretty [...]

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FO: Gram’s Crazy Bearfoot Mountain Monkeys

Posted in gifts, knit, knitty, project spectrum, recently finished on August 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Pattern: Monkey by Cookie A
Yarn: Mountain Colors Bearfoot (Crazy Woman)
Needles: US 2 / 2.75 mm
Start: 3 August 2008
End: 7 August 2008
Another one for Project Spectrum (”Water”).
Monkey knitting is contagious. In the last few months, it seems like the entire blog and podcast world was returning to this beloved pattern. Hard to believe that the pattern [...]

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Esoteric awesomeness!

Posted in gifts, stash on August 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I am so very delinquent in sharing the generosity of one Esoteric Knitter. Last month (OMG, more than a month ago! Eeep!) Jennie had a contest in honor of her birthday and asked readers to share something they loved. There were some outstanding loved items shared… Jennie’s love was GREEN, mine was being in the [...]

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