I think I’ve got it! After an inordinate amount of time reading and figuring and re-figuring and re-re-figuring I think I’ve finally made sense of how to weave a log cabin pattern on my rigid heddle loom! I have the warp on and have dong a few inches. It is actually looking […]

I have a lot of white Simply Soft yarn in my stash. One of the charities I like to knit for is in need of baby booties. I don’t really like any of the bootie patterns I’ve found, so I just made up a quick baby sock pattern. It’s quick and easy […]

I haven’t posted in a while so I thought I’d get caught up. Not a whole lot of things going on right now. I caught an awful cold and was down for about a week, too sick to knit even! I’m feeling much better now thank goodness.
 
I’m working on the commission spinning […]

I ran home from work and got started right away on the weaving. Don’t you just love a new craft?? I finished warping the loom and then started right in weaving. As I said, the warp and weft are both Sugar n’Cream cotton yarn. I’m using an 8 dent heddle. […]

I have now officially gone over to the fibery dark side! As if knitting and carding and spinning aren’t enough, I’ve purchased a loom! I’m gonna be a weaver too! I’ve been thinking about learning to weave for about a year now and finally decided to take the plunge. I’ve just […]

I’ve been working on some more mittens from the Selbuvotter book. This time I’m trying Knitpicks Telemark yarn. But, alas, still having gauge problems. The pattern calls for 8 sts / inch and I’m getting 7 with US #3 needles. Next pair I’ll try US #2.5 and see what happens. […]