Posted on March 3rd, 2011, by Nuri
Recently, I discovered knitting fiction. Fantasy and mystery knitting fiction, in particular. I started out with a tiny hardback from the bargain bin at Borders, Knitting: A Novel by Anne Bartlett. I put this tiny book by my bed and vowed to read a little each night. A year later, I ventured in slightly deeper; [...]
Tags: audiobooks, books, communication, kids, Knitting, morals, reading, society
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Posted on March 1st, 2011, by Nuri
I’ve been experimenting with different types of fiber, different preparations, and using worsted and woolen spinning techniques. One great way I’ve found to try out these many different fiber options is to play with combining samples or to swap things I have plenty of (hand-dyed yarn) for things I don’t (batts!). Of course, there is [...]
Tags: batts, fiber, lessons, merino, phatfiber, roving, spinning, top, yarn
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Posted on February 25th, 2011, by Nuri
Over the Holiday season, I made quite a few gifts. This was a stash-busting project for me, and i tried to pair up remnant yarn balls that worked well together. Some of those gifts were lace shawls. After the Shawl Wars I was part of earlier in 2010, I became enamored of the Dover Castle [...]
Tags: angora, diet, gifts, Knitting, lace, shawls, stashbusting, thrift
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Posted on February 24th, 2011, by Nuri
Last year I started participating in the Phat Fiber community, which is a lovely group of fiber artisans. Every month, they release a sample box with varying types of fiber goodness inside. It lets people see and feel first-hand the products of internet fiber vendors. I have gotten a few of those sample boxes, and [...]
Tags: design, Knitting, pattern, phatfiber, spinning
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Posted on October 13th, 2010, by Nuri
This month’s Phat Fiber box has a Steampunk theme, and the pictures I have seen so far are awesome! You should definitely give it a try this month if you can get a box. I’ve sent in three different colors (on 4 different yarns) for the boxes. These, and a few others, will be going [...]
Tags: cashmere, dyeing, Etsy, Laputa, merino, phatfiber, silk, steampunk, superwash, thrift, wool, yarn
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Posted on September 10th, 2010, by Nuri
School is back on, and classes are great so far. This year I’m going to be keeping up with my dyeing; it’s a great creative outlet that doesn’t give me wrist injuries! I can intersperse it with my knitting. Speaking of which, I’m working on a Seaside Shawlette with some of my own recycled, hand-dyed [...]
Tags: dyeing, Etsy, fiber, pattern, phat fiber, polwarth, sampler, shawl, stash, sweater, thrift, top, wool, yarn
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Posted on July 29th, 2010, by Nuri
As I suspected, it is probably an injured rotator cuff. The doctors juiced me up on painkillers, and boy is that good stuff. So here are some socks! Tippy toes of my Labyrinth socks from SG Traveler (mmmmmm) Feet (yay heels!) of my On Hold socks with DiC Smooshy And last my plain ol’ sunset [...]
Tags: cherry tree hill, dream in color, projects, sanguine gryphon, socks, UFO
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