First off, I’ve changed fibers for the wave-and-shell shawl-along. I like the hand-painted mohair alot, but I wasn’t fond of the first few rows I had knit so I pulled it off the needles, cut the cord (I was NOT frogging this monster–the hair of the mo ain’t fun to rip out), and decided [...]
We stock Galler Prime Alpaca in 8 oz hanks that retail elsewhere for $25ish, but from us they are $18.90 for 660+ yards of prime alpaca at the sport weight in eleven natural colors seen here:
We have plenty of all colors, and while it is sport weight, it would make a FAB shawl that would [...]
Several folks have asked about yarn suggestions for the wave and shell shawl for the knit-along sponsored by Rachael. The pattern used a worsted-weight ribbon for the original model, but that specific fiber is no longer available. So far, I’ve seen others using:
Noro Lily–Alissa
Lace-weight blue yarn–Maggi
Black Wool-Ease–Rachael
Charisma Variegated–Greta
Two-ply silk–Maus
Hand-dyed mohair–me (see the hank [...]
Don’t fall over…………I just don’t have much to say today. Yesterday was fairly uneventful–Matt used the computer most of the day, I worked with a few incoming requests, and we received a box of some backorders of Brown Sheep yarns that will make at least three people very happy (Jan, you’re one of them [...]
OK, Rachael has started a knit-along that I cannot resist (I’ve always loved the feather and fan/old shale pattern, but never have worked with it). I’ve seen the pattern before, when wandering through the archives of the knitlist gift pattern archives. And who could resist such a pretty FO as this
I found the [...]
Fancy this……..today was a day of rare moments. From start to finish. First off, I started the day by focusing on working through a long list of e-mail orders that we had come in over the past few days (which isn’t rare). I ended with the last order around 6 p.m. tonight–I’m [...]
Big plans, small accomplishments. But much fun was had by all. There’s a monthly spinning group that meets predominantly over in Bloomington, an hour away, but the designated host for this month ended up with a family event that trumped spinning this month (with good reason, given what she told us). So, [...]
Ah, sweet Sunday. For many, a day of rest. For those who have recently moved and are in the midst of setting up shop, it’s a work day. With some fun thrown in around the corners! But oh, the progress we’ve made over the past couple days. And oh, the [...]
Through the miracles of modern technology (and Matt’s technical prowess) we are officially “back to normal” (well, connected to the web) at home. We’re getting caught up on an e-mail backlog, we’re catching up on filling orders, and we’re (someday) going to read blogs that we’ve missed for the past week. It feels [...]
I’ve snuck away again, this time over to Low Helen’s workplace, to use the computer there and get caught up on some stuff. Bear with us until we’re on our own high-speed line sometime tomorrow, when pictures and stuff will return here.
It’s odd, but very “normal” for me–when I get to bed at a [...]