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Adult earth dragon.
You are Mohair.
You are a warm and fuzzy type who works well with
others, doing your share without being
too weighty. You can be stubborn and
absolutely refuse to change your position once it is set,
but that's okay since you are good
at covering up your mistakes.
What kind of yarn are you?
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- Fuzzy suri sweater
- Christmas knitting
- Mystery stole SwanLake
- Mystery shawl 3
2009 Finished Projects
- Serendipity Stole (mystery stole 4)
- Stripey Socks
- Hemp Seduction Socks
2008 Finished Projects
- Christmas stocking (sold)
- Plug and Play shawl from Seasocks
- Non felted slippers for me
- Group Knit Shawl (gifted)
- Bramble Socks
- Wrap Me in a Hug Shawl (gifted)
- Chemo Hat and Slippers (gifted)
2007 Finished Projects
- Christmas Stockings
- Victorian Lace Socks
- Color Block Socks
- FLAK aran sweater
2006 Finished Projects
- Knitted Hedgehog
- Snake Scale Socks
- Six Sense socks
- Mystery shawl 2
- Alpaca mittens
2005 Finished Projects
- Cabled head band
- Lace Knit Bookmark
- Mohair lace stole
- Two Christmas stockings
- Machine Knit cotton afghan
- Cotton cardigan
2004 Finished Projects
- CVM handspun socks
- Four dog sweaters
- Brioche stitch gaiter
- Shell stitch baby blanket
- Gingham look baby blanket
- Suri alpaca lace scarf for exchange
- Afghan squares
- Machine knit baby blanket
- Machine knit gift scarves-18
- Christmas stocking
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The old accept everything, the middle aged suspect everything and the young know everything. Fortune cooky, 2006.
Friday, October 09, 2009
Finished socks
My finished projects have been few and far between this year. I have been working on these socks for far too long, since they were generally my 'travel' knit project. I would work on them only at knit nights, or when traveling. And in keeping with that, they were finished in Sept, while I was on vacation, and visiting my mother.
Details:
Yarn: Hempathy by Elsebeth Lavold 3.25 balls
Needles: circs size 2
Method: 2 socks on 2 circs
Pattern: Seduction Socks by Ann Budd
YST Episode 37 September 2009 Spin In
When I do a spin-in podcast, I often will review different breeds of sheep, talking about their history, fleeces and the yarn you can spin from them. Episode 37 (posted Sept 12, 2009 and found here or on ITunes as Yarnspinners Tales) reviews two breeds, the Southdown and Polworth sheep.
Here are photos of each of those samples (you should be able to click on the photo to enlarge). First the Southdown:
And this is the Polworth.
These breeds were opposites in the way I liked to prep the fiber for spinning. The Southdown did better as a combed prep and the Polworth did better carded. Listen to the podcast for lots more details on these two breeds.
Here are photos of each of those samples (you should be able to click on the photo to enlarge). First the Southdown:
And this is the Polworth. 
These breeds were opposites in the way I liked to prep the fiber for spinning. The Southdown did better as a combed prep and the Polworth did better carded. Listen to the podcast for lots more details on these two breeds.
MIA
Sometimes it amazes me just how fast time flies. I could not believe it was mid Aug when I last updated this blog.
I was busy though, with mainly non fibery things. Work related classes and a certification exam. A wonderful vacation. The never ending housework and gardening, including mowing. Another podcast. Some clothes sewing (mostly alterations). Several batches of tomato sauce made. Some knitting, some spinning, and much handspun yarn listed on my Artfire Store, ZavagantStudio. This is just what I can remember this morning, with only one cup of coffee in me.
Sometimes I wish I kept better journals about my day to day. It just seems that actually doing the 'day to day' gets in the way of doing just that. But really it's like any habit, once established, will be easier to do everyday. And I just have not established the habit of recording my daily life.
Still, blogging and other internet journal records (like my gardening journal and Ravelry) have aided me in getting at least more recorded than I would have before their advent. For this I am truly grateful. There is so much satisfaction in going back on this blog two years, and reading all about what I was doing with spinning and knitting. There's a joy to go and look on my projects on Ravelry and see the completed photos. Oh of course there were dozens of other knitted projects and spun yarns before that, but at least it's a start. I am a firm believer in archiving the day to day of everyone, because ultimately that is our true history.
I was busy though, with mainly non fibery things. Work related classes and a certification exam. A wonderful vacation. The never ending housework and gardening, including mowing. Another podcast. Some clothes sewing (mostly alterations). Several batches of tomato sauce made. Some knitting, some spinning, and much handspun yarn listed on my Artfire Store, ZavagantStudio. This is just what I can remember this morning, with only one cup of coffee in me.
Sometimes I wish I kept better journals about my day to day. It just seems that actually doing the 'day to day' gets in the way of doing just that. But really it's like any habit, once established, will be easier to do everyday. And I just have not established the habit of recording my daily life.
Still, blogging and other internet journal records (like my gardening journal and Ravelry) have aided me in getting at least more recorded than I would have before their advent. For this I am truly grateful. There is so much satisfaction in going back on this blog two years, and reading all about what I was doing with spinning and knitting. There's a joy to go and look on my projects on Ravelry and see the completed photos. Oh of course there were dozens of other knitted projects and spun yarns before that, but at least it's a start. I am a firm believer in archiving the day to day of everyone, because ultimately that is our true history.
