By Lisa | October 30, 2006
I promise that I am still living, breathing and reading all the blogs out there.
And I am mostly knitting these days and spinning is put aside right now…Christmas is coming and my feeling? That people don’t want skeins of handspun for Christmas for some reason. Hi! What’s up with that? Could it [...]
By Lisa | October 19, 2006
Today the divine Miss M turns an amazing nine years old! I didn’t ever think I’d get here. Raising her has been the most humbling and challenging thing I have ever done. Madeline has not been easy – she is fiercely intelligent (WAY smarter than me – shhhh! Don’t tell her though), [...]
By Lisa | October 12, 2006
I am thrilled that Jeanne has received her spin roving swap package! You can see pics on her blog of what I sent.
Here are some pictures I took while I dyed the roving. Here the wet (soaked in hot water and vinegar for 1/2 an hour) roving was laid out on my dining room [...]
By Lisa | October 10, 2006
Major apologies for absence…but I’ve been kind of boring until today. When I bought one pound of this:
I cannot believe that anyone in their right mind would buy, let alone allow, this mess of fleece, dirt, more dirt and even more dirt into their house, no matter how dirty or smelly.
But I wish I [...]
By Lisa | October 2, 2006
Huge thank you to Miranda – my fibre angel from the Spin Roving Swap for the following envelope of corriedale-y goodness. Miranda also included an awesome sounding pattern for a crocheted hat…which definitely fits one of the criteria for the swap – to give your recipient something that will “stretch” them. Crochet will [...]