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 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 February 22nd, 2011, by Nuri
It has come to my attention that I have been neglecting you. I’m sorry. You fell by the wayside during my frenzy of learning about spinning, cranking through my stash, and dyeing new yarn and fiber. I really do care about you. But check out all the cool things I was doing when I wasn’t [...]
Tags: Citron, finishing, handspun, Knitting, lace, shawl, shopping, socks, spinning, stash, wool
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Posted on July 29th, 2010, by Nuri
Going to the Doctor is sort of an ordeal for me. As a student with basically zero income, I despise paying someone money to tell me what I already know. Because of this, I generally only go when there is something the Doc can do that I cannot – like prescribe painkillers. My rotator cuff [...]
Tags: broken, doctor, Knitting, rsi, shoulder, spinning, tour de fleece
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Posted on June 28th, 2010, by Nuri
I will be running a knitting workshop at ConnectiCon in Hartford, CT on Saturday (July 10) evening. If you are planning to go to the con, or if you are NOW planning to go to the con since you know I will be there, come by and say hello! I will have kits for up [...]
Tags: conventions, drama, Knitting, teaching, workshop
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