Tag Archives: selfish

Shameless Self Promotion: Giveaway 1

As some of you already know, I am running a Kickstarter campaign during the month of May. We are currently 14% funded! The beauty of Kickstarter is that if you don’t get enough backing, the project isn’t funded and no one is out any money. That doesn’t mean I’m not  Read more »

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May 5, 2012Permalink 37 Comments

Tour de Fleece 2012

It’s coming! Preparations and Team Signups have opened on Ravelry. The Tour de Fleece is a challenge month for spinners that runs parallel to the Tour de France. The idea is that while they’re spinning their wheels, we’re spinning ours! (Spindles are mini-wheels; they totally count.) Of course I will  Read more »

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May 1, 2012Permalink 1 Comment

Rhinebeck!

This year I attended Rhinebeck with a couple of lovely ladies from a Rav swap group I participate in. We had a great time checking out the fibery goodness, meeting up with other Ravelers, and seeing the animals. Yes, I am poor. However, I got a job this semester and  Read more »

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October 21, 2010Permalink

Sneak Peek of New Cashmere Blend

I’ve been doing a whole lot of dyeing lately; I am moving on July 4, and I have to get rid of my washing machine and dryer before the move. That means I won’t have them in my new apartment, which doesn’t have a hook-up for them. This will make  Read more »

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June 18, 2009Permalink

Sock Yarn Success!

I have two things to report on before I go off on a wild convention run this weekend. The first is that I successfully dyed four (FOUR!) batches of recycled yarn that I think will work great for socks. I used two different kinds of base yarns (two sweaters). The  Read more »

, , , , , , , , , , Fiber Dyeing, Projects, Recycling, Thrifting, Yarn Diet
May 21, 2009Permalink

Ahhhh…Dye High

Every now and again I get a craving to dye fiber, and I just don’t feel right until I do it. Lately with all the “disasters” and whatnot going on, the craving starting coming on again. I KNOW I’m supposed to be working on making shirts and jewelry to sell  Read more »

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April 30, 2009Permalink

Every Stitch is like Petting a Kitty

So, I’m doing the thing that everyone says you shouldn’t do. I’m making a sweater out of Alpaca. See the thing is that I love soft, bulky yarn. Alpaca is wonderfully soft. Not terribly elastic, so not great for a sweater with elaborate designs, but this one is plain stockinette  Read more »

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April 17, 2009Permalink

Socks on the Brain

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  Read more »

, , , , , , , , , , , Fiber Dyeing, Sales, Yarn Diet
March 30, 2009Permalink

Self-Striping Sock Yarn

I finished a project! The crochet baby blanket I was making for Michelle is finally done. There’s some weirdness going on there with the hood and the (incomplete) edging, but I decided I’m done with it, so I’m done. You know what that means…according to my Diet, I get to  Read more »

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March 25, 2009Permalink

Selfish Knitting and Saying No

This weekend I finished reading Knitting: a novel by Anne Bartlett. The novel captivated me at the very beginning with its tactile descriptions of knitting. It made me want to try knitting lace (which I have) and to knit for myself. The book is a great story, and a fairly  Read more »

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March 23, 2009Permalink