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I thought that it would be fun to show off my area out in the shop. This is it: As you can probably tell, I have recently tidied the area, in preparation for some woodworking. And for some color, let us now turn 180° and look at Matt’s station. Does this even need comment? In [...]

I had to give spinning boucle a second chance, then a third, then a fourth. I seem to be getting the hang of it now, although it’s still a little more uneven than I like. I am glad that I did just this as a sample before I really dedicated myself to spinning major yardage, [...]

I’m making little teeny sockies– Because sometimes the smallest sock pattern I could find is just not small enough.

Due to a chat conversation about Douglas Adams and a somewhat wry and silly sense of reality I started a Towel-A-Long over at YarnPorn, if you want to join just send me an email (or leave it in the comments) and I’ll send you an invitation. The guidelines are pretty simple: be silly, knit or [...]

I think the worst part about spinning silk is that I’m simply not motivated to keep update pictures of it on the flyer. Here’s some undyed silk, here’s more of it, here it is being plied, here’s a hank of it. So I dyed some silk– I was actually going to save my pennies and [...]

In a fit of giggles and questionable taste I registered the domain name yarnporn.com. Although I don’t really need another domain name or website, I realized that I’ve been pretty serious lately (especially when it comes to yarn) and that it would be fun just to create something cheeky. I had fun at BSG, Saturday [...]

I posted a stash challenge over at another fiber community (Chaos Fibers) which then meant that I should actually participate in the challenge. I came up with this: A brown paper bag shaped bag. Okay, I know the resemblance to a brown paper bag, really ends at the size and shape, but I did use [...]

More weaving: amongst more spinning: I had a strange fiber related dream, I won’t go into great detail about it but I must truly be a fiberholic of some sort in that when I first woke up I went immediately to my work space to fondle the wonderous fiber I’d dreamed up. Nope– just a [...]

It’s here, and I actually think I like weaving now. Of course I had to unload the bright primary colors from the shuttles and load on my own yarn. A closer picture. This little loom could totally lead to a whole new fiber obsession. I also picked up the The Joy of Handweaving by Osma [...]

Spinning camel has been a very humbling experience. The shorty short fine fibers want to tangle and create all sorts of neps. However patience paid off and I have a nice little sample skein for my efforts. The Merino is heavenly, but slow going since I’m still practicing my wheelie skills. From the wheel: Camel, [...]