I’m back from Albuquerque and my spinning class. It was fantastic! Great teacher and the other students were very nice and lots of fun. I learned lots of new stuff and found out that my self taught spinning habits were…right!
As you may know, there are no local shops where I […]

Well, at long last it’s time for the spinning class I signed up for back in January. Yippee! DH and I will be leaving for Albuquerque, NM tomorrow around noon. It’s a 4 hour drive from here so as things go when you live in the middle of nowhere, not too far […]

I’ve finished spinning the first batch of the Superwash Merino/Viscose pencil roving. I have 425 yards of yarn, it is 16WPI. I’ll dye this later. It is very nice fiber and spins quite easily.
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Here is a pair of baby socks I knit from some leftover Socks that Rock yarn. […]

When I first started knitting about a year and a half ago I tried knitting socks on DPNs. It was an utter disaster. I think trying to teach myself to knit and to use DPNs without ever having seen anyone use them was just a sure set up to fail. I put […]

Well, I’ve spun 1200 yards of 3 ply, bulky yarn and knitted the Sensational Shirttail Sweater. It’s finished and I do feel as if I’m accomplished something. BUT…. IT.IS.TOO.BIG!!!!! I knitted a swatch and was spot on. I used the XL pattern because the measurements were appropriate for my no longer […]

I’ve named my new yarn Candyribbons. It reminds me of that hard candy you see at Christmas time which is curled like ribbons. It’s Merino and Soy Silk. I started with 2 oz and the final yarn is 250 yards and 18WPI. Lovely colors.
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here’s the fiber

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