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Acrylic and angst

If you’ve visited my other blog you’ve seen this. Which means you understand that I’m reduced to knitting bulky acrylic yarn on large bamboo needles which have proven to be virtually indestructible and sewing. I just don’t tend to spin bulky yarn, I could break into the mohair I suppose and knit a lacy scarf [...]

Oh silk, how I love thee..

Oh silk, how I love thee..

I always have this internal debate start up when I spin silk. There’s a part of me that just wants to keep it, hoard it, pet it, and drool over it as eternal yarn. The other part of me begs to see it worked up into something delightful, because for all the world spinning silk [...]