The spinning workshop was really awesome. I learned a ton of different techniques: andean plying, long draw, winding a center pull ball on my thumb, crepe yarn construction, cabled yarns, and probably more i'm not thinking of. It was wonderful ( Read more... )

It just got cold here. Polar vortex, whatever the hell it is. It's here. 34 degrees right now. I'm just depressing myself, so i'll move on to other topics.

This weekend I am super-duper excited to be attending a two-day workshop on spinning yarns for knitting projects. It's sponsored by the weaver's guild and is being taught by Kate Larson. I ( Read more... )

Today's laundry day. I personally don't mind doing my laundry since I work from home and there is no better conference call activity than folding clothes. A friend of mine likes doing laundry too. In fact, she's started her own personal laundry service in Minneapolis. She also has a laundry blog. That's pretty cool, but yesterday's post is ( Read more... )

The knitting goes on. I miscalculated a bit on my sleeves and would have done the increases differently had I not miscalculated, but I think in the end, it will work out OK. I'm going to go ahead and finish this one and see what happens when I wash it. If it doesn't work, I'll just rip and do it again. No big deal ( Read more... )

2 pounds, 4 oz. That's how much merino wool I have spun into yarn for a sweater project. It's 2530 yards, somewhere between DK and sport weight. It is an enormous pile of yarn.


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The weekend is over. Alas. And my day has been a neverending stream of conference calls. In fact, I have another one starting in 5 minutes.

Tomorrow I head to the frigid North for the day. Not even staying overnight, but I will be waving hello to scentedwoods and annablume from my meeting at Best Buy ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention, I was at the symphony twice this weekend.

Friday was Brahms 3, Wagner's prelude to Tristan and Isolde, then a stunning performance of Schoenberg's Erwartung. It was incredible. A brilliant performance by Karita Matilla and the symphony both. Unfortunately, Brent was not as captivated as I was. I found it enthralling ( Read more... )

TravelThe trip to California was great. There are a lot of photos of the wedding on facebook, some of them pretty amazing. Everything was so colorful and fun. Laguna Beach was lovely, but had too many people. It was handy to be able to walk places but it felt crowded. San Francisco was its urine-soaked self for new years eve, but I do love that ( Read more... )

Time again, for Christmas crafting, though this year is a relatively small list ( Read more... )

I'm off for two weeks and we're heading out tomorrow to head to Tampa to the AAW symposium. I have scoured the schedule to pick out exactly what sessions I'm going to do. Yay ( Read more... )