Didn’t realize it, but yesterday’s post was number 100!  Not bad, considering I figured I’d get bored with this blog and stop posting to it after a week (this was attempt 4 or 5 at starting a blog).  I was going to do a contest, but with the move still not completed, it probably isn’t [...]

Done! I dyed the singles and then plied them together on Linda’s spinning wheel. Very simple dye job… black cherry and grape Kool-Aid, dumped one on each side of the pot. there is a teeny bit of difference in the two, and it showed up when I plied them together.

See? Yarn! [...]

I went down to my LYS today to get a spinning lesson from my friend Linda, who owns the shop. Ok, it’s a bit fiddly, and it took me a little bit to get the hang of it… but I made yarn! Lookie!

My very own first handspun yarn. I am all [...]

So… Saturday I went to Pagosa Springs for the Fiber Festival, and managed not to spend too much money. Of course, hubby was with me, so I showed a bit of restraint. You would be proud of me.
First purchase of the day was a lovely drop spindle from Crazy Monkey Creations. Beautiful [...]

I’ve been playing with my beads today, and I made a set of stitch markers that match the yarn I’m giving away in the contest. I figured they’d be a great addition to the sock yarn, so I’ll be sending them to the person who wins the haiku contest.

I hope everyone likes these, it’s [...]

I ordered a skein of hand dyed sock yarn from Ray at Knitivity, and it arrived in the mail yesterday. Gorgeous! Soft and smooshy and huggable.  The colorway is called “Dunes”, and it is a lovely mix of browns and blues. Perfect for wearing with blue jeans!

Beautiful!  I am really looking forward [...]

Ok, let’s take a break from the food for a bit, and back to the knitting. As you can probably tell, I haven’t been knitting too much this week, but I have put in a little bit of time on my feather and fan facecloth. This is a very simple lace pattern, and [...]

It was suggested to me that a new blog needs a celebration. How do you celebrate a blog? Well, by having a contest! And not just any contest. This contest is a haiku contest. Write your best haiku about sock yarn, and I will pick someone to win this [...]

…Socks!
I am casting on a basic pair of socks using the techniques I have learned in Silver’s Sock Class. I’m going to do a few modifications to the pattern, including trying out a double wrap short row heel (tutorial found here at Misocrafty) instead of the single wrap that I did on the previous [...]

One of our local yarn stores is going out of business. I’m sad, and yet at the same time… SALE! I stocked up on a few things that I couldn’t resist.

Yummy! I got a whole bag of the Hempathy at a great price. I’ve been wanting to work with some of [...]