I am calling my newest handspun yarn “Water Never Formed,” because its light, beachy blues and greens remind me of Wallace Stevens’ “The Idea of Order at Key West.” The fiber is a merino/silk blend from A Verb for Keeping Warm, in the “Azure” colorway, which I got discounted from them a few months ago. This [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Simplicity and Complexity
Posted in cardigans, fiber, knitting, scarves, spinning, sweaters, wips on April 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Unmysterious Socks
Posted in FOs, knitting, socks on April 9, 2011 | 5 Comments »
This past October, I flirted with the idea of knitting Kirsten Kapur‘s yearly mystery sock, but I had several other projects going. I liked the idea of a mystery knit-a-long, but I got as far as knitting the cuffs before I realized that what I really wanted to do was just go back to my [...]
Handspun Susie’s Mitts
Posted in burning man, festivals, fiber, FOs, knitting, mitts, spinning, yarn on April 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Yay! I made these a few weeks ago, from yarn I spun from that llama-fiber batt I got at the local fiber festival, but I was too busy with work to post them then. The pattern is Susie’s Reading Mitts, and it’s free! My friend Shayda brought a Susie’s-Mitt-in-progress along to the fiber festival, which [...]
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