Monthly Archives: February 2008

Flying in…and out again

By Lisa | February 27, 2008

Beret out of vintage (1980’s) alpaca…done!

Pattern? Basic Tam from One Skein Wonders
Needles? 4.5 mm Options DPNs
Yarn? Mousarde (I keep calling it “moutarde” which is French for mustard)

It was minus (insert ridiculously cold sounding number here) degrees this morning and this hat was a godsend. I look really dumb in most hats – anyone remember [...]

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Blog Post of Reckoning

By Lisa | February 3, 2008

Today was the day. The day to pull out the knitting basket and find out what the hell is actually IN there. And it wasn’t pretty.

But first up – kitchen pics because someone has been asking and who am I to refuse?

The counter is actually a bit more rosy than the picture which makes it [...]

Posted in dyeing, knitting, socks, spinning | 12 Comments