There is new yarn in the store since my last post; some sock yarns and some felting yarns. Gorgeous, bright colors! They are double-dip kettle-dyed, which essentially means they were put through 2 dye baths. All of my new sock yarns so far are named after food. I wonder if I was hungry when I [...]
Tags: alpaca, cashmere, dyeing, hoarding, mistakes, moving, rant, socks, sweater, wool, yarn
It’s getting warm out, which means people are cleaning out their closets! The thrift stores are just booming with sweaters right about now. I really shouldn’t be looking for more because of my diet, but I just hate the thought of all that lovely yarn going to waste. I want to see what everyone is [...]
I really want to experiment with different techniques for knitting socks, but summer convention season is coming up. Since I also sell geekery-related items at anime/sci-fi cons, I have to put aside my obsessive knitting for a bit and focus on making stock for the other business. I have a little less than 2 months [...]
Tags: conventions, diet, dyeing, Etsy, geek, handmade, hoarding, selfish, socks, stash, wool, yarn
This month I started cleaning my craft room, and one thing has come to my attention: I could knit for YEARS with the supply of yarn that I have right now. Between sweaters to be unraveled, commercial yarn, and hand-me-down mystery yarn from friends and family, it’s likely that I would not need any more [...]
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