While Rayna and I were in Waterloo we decided to check out another brand new store in nearby Kitchener, called ‘Woolverine’ (great name!). This store is literally a week old, and located in a fantastic space above street level. It feels a little tucked away…
Last Saturday, Rayna (my partner in fiber-related crime) invited me on a road trip to Waterloo to visit a yarn store I had never been to, ‘Shall We Knit?’. Much damage to my credit cards ensued because, wow, what a gorgeous store. Good thing I’m…
You know you’ve got amazing friends when they’re willing to tramp off in search of an alpaca farm with you :) The morning after our hike in Collingwood we all drove to the Kickin’ Back Alpaca Ranch in Markdale Ontario for some fleecy love. Carolyn…
Last Sunday, myself and my favourite likeminded nerdy girls held the much-anticipated ‘dying party’ at our (subsequently trashed) condo. Rayna and Leslie came over bearing bearing armfuls of fibre and edibles, (Tito retreated to the bedroom with the computer and headphones), and we did our…
Ok, so he’s not that allergic. Tito’s pretty awesome =D and he made me this: Pretty snazzy, eh? If you’d like to make your own, or to sucker someone into making one for you… he’s posted a DIY right here.
This is what it looks like outside right now. Which makes right now a perfect time to blog about the Knitter’s Frolic, because goodness knows I can use some colour at the moment. My goodies for the day – 3 skeins of sock yarn, one…
I was admiring my socks (and how they feel in Crocs… oh, the cushiness…) and I was thinking perhaps I had enjoyed them quite enough and they were due for a wash. This got me thinking ‘what the hell was in that yarn anyway?’ which…
This is a new experiment I’m trying – what do you guys think? A tiny knitted swatch inserted into a pendant and sealed in with a glass cabochon. I’ve only made 2 so far – I wanted to see if others found the idea as…
Leslie Ordal came over last night for some last minute photography of her spinning work for a piece she’s writing in Interweave Magazine. We didn’t have a lot of time to plan the shoot, and the material was all white. White fluff, spun into white…
This weekend I got lots of spinning time in on the balcony, while relaxing in the sun. I swear it’s heaven. I finally decided to take a crack at this bad boy from a company called ‘Two Sisters”: … and I must say it’s coming…
There is a box with a spindle and some fluff sitting in a corner of the apartment that I’ve cast guilty looks at every evening for weeks. I thought ‘I’ve let it go so long I probably suck at it now, better to not open…