For a while I’ve noticed that there aren’t a lot of opportunities to learn to spin in this region, which surprised me given this area’s long history of fibre arts activities. There are a couple of guild-affiliated classes around, but they tend to be expensive and offered more for guild members rather than the [...]
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sharing the knowledge
Posted in ravelry, spinning, yarn stores on March 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
babies everywhere! (and Ariadne Knits)
Posted in finished object, knitting, ravelry, yarn stores on January 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I have so many friends who are having kids right now (and oddly, all of them have had girls so far), so it’s bootie/baby sock mania for me. I found this pattern for lacy baby socks and quickly knit up this pair:
The pattern calls for size 0 needles and the smallest I have are [...]
the Pidge and being “green”
Posted in knitting, ravelry, sustainability on September 25, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Recently there’s been a bit of buzz on ravelry about a new little garment called the Pidge. Basically it’s an 1/8 of a scarf, with buttons, to be worn around the neck as a sort of collar:
The makers of the Pidge describe themselves as environmentally friendly, because aside from the Italian cashmere yarn, each [...]
Thank you Nadia!
Posted in Secret Pal, knitting, ravelry on September 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Believe what you may have already heard: Ravelry is, in fact, the best thing ever to happen to knitting online. There’s something very satisfying (and not just because of my OCD tendencies) about being able to log and catalogue all of my projects and yarn, and the galleries of finished objects are an invaluable resource [...]
