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Yes the cashmere is done and washed and dry now. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. It turned out to be a good laceweight although I haven’t measured the wpi yet, I’m guessing it to be in the neighborhood of 35-40. It’s more even than I imagined it to be prior to washing [...]

Someone mentioned on the Spindlers list that Continental knitters tend to have purl rows that cluster together in twos on the wrong side of flat knit stockinette fabrics. Since I’m doing some flat knitting (the Icarus shawl) and I’m a continental knitter I had to inspect the wrong side to see if have the row [...]

I’m knitting the Icarus shawl from the Summer 2006 issue of Interweave Knits using the Shetland that I spun up recently. So far the progress is pretty good, I’ve made a few mistakes that have slowed things down, but nothing that has me ripping back (knock on wood) or completely stymied. I am so glad [...]

I owe Opal a huge thank you for recommending some wonderful knitting podcasts on her blog, listening to other knitters and spinners has kept me sane through the final stretch of gift knitting and spinning. Between marathon movie sessions with the husband and kids and podcasts I’ve been able to keep on track and ahead [...]

The only thing between me and the path to certain destruction right now are gallon sized ziplock freezer bags. My personal stash of large ziplock bags is running dangerously low. I am terrified. I managed to get through the next two steps of sewing, so my next step is filling the sachets with potpourri and [...]

I’m so relieved. The box is here, all the stuff was in it, and it’s really really here. Now that it’s here I feel so much better, I’ve been released from the self imposed daily captivity of mail bin watching and I can actually fondle some new fibers. I can also tell you a little [...]

No, not me, I don’t eat yarn. But the Brooke’s Column of Leaves pattern does, admittedly I have about 1/2 of the scarf finished but ala Rober Frost I have “miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep”. Sure I was planning on spinning more camel anyway but I was [...]

Exhibit A: The Branching Out scarf from Knitty is clearly awesome, despite being knitted by a total lace n00b. Exhibit B: I do too use that yoga mat! (Just because it’s for blocking knitting projects and not yoga should not be held against me.) I frogged the mohair sequel. Although I’m considering trying in another [...]

I’m a greedy selfish person, I love this scarf. I was thinking I’d send it to my sister as part of her Christmas swag but– I love it. When faced with this dilemma the bad voice in my head told me to keep it and knit something else for my sister. Maybe I could knit [...]

I was actually thinking of a weaving project for this month, but when I was browsing the Knitty.com archives looking for inspiration, I ran into the Branching Out scarf pattern in the Spring ’05 issue and fell in love. I have a thing for leaves and vines, and since it’s a springy pattern I decided [...]