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Spinning and the belated painted rooms

Learning to Spin
Because I needed yet another hobby on which to spend time and money, I’m learning to spin!  Thanks to Inga for showing me how, and guiding me through this awkward new craft.  My first lesson was at my May stitch-n-bitch.  I was introduced to the drop spindle, and the basic mechanics of spinning, [...]

June 20, 2010    Posted in: Knit and crochet   2 Comments

Patchwork Afghan in Progress

9 squares and counting.  I fell off track with my 2009 Block-a-Month afghan, but now I’ve taken the hook back up, and added 3 squares in the last week.  I do think 12 squares will be rather small, so I think I’ll continue past that, maybe go to 20?  4 x 5 seems a good [...]

April 3, 2010    Posted in: Knit and crochet   2 Comments

Ravelympics 2010

Look at my medals!  The 2010 Winter Olympics were not so much fun to watch on NBC, but participating in the Ravelympics did make it better!  I entered two projects in the Ravelympics, and finished both with a couple days to spare.

February 27, 2010    Posted in: Knit and crochet   No Comments

Crocheted Chainmail Tunic

Fit for a Warrior Princess, this crocheted chainmail tunic is made in a fine sparkly yarn  for a look of silver (or mithril, if you prefer).  This is made for a pre-teen girl, probably close to a woman’s small or x-small.
Yarn: Vanna’s Glamour in Platinum (3 balls)  I used exactly 3 balls, including my gauge [...]

January 31, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Knit and crochet   2 Comments

Purple is the new gray

Today Kindel and I indulged in some Kool-Ade dyeing.  The plan was to get a nice purple so I can make myself a new wrap.  I bought 3 skeins of Knit Picks Bare Superwash Merino DK, and 12 packets of grape Kool-Ade.  Straight grape produced a beautiful purple, but when Kindel and I started dyeing, [...]

January 2, 2010    Posted in: Knit and crochet   3 Comments

What I’m Dyeing Tonight

I’m experimenting with shades of blue and green.  Using Wiltons, I made one color with a pea-sized blob of sky blue and about 3/4 cup water.  Second color was same amount of sky blue and water, but with 50% amount of leaf green.  I have 3 – 100g hanks of Knit Picks Bare Superwash Wool [...]

June 5, 2009    Posted in: Knit and crochet   One Comment

What I’m working on today…

The Icelandic Turtleneck (from Crochet Me: Designs to Fuel the Crochet Revolution) was one of the first patterns I wanted to make when I really started to become (let’s face it) obsessed with crochet.  Now, over a year later, I’m finally making it. 

May 30, 2009    Posted in: Knit and crochet   No Comments

Koolaid Dyeing – Part 3

This last batch was our favorite of the night.  Three yarns – Cascade 220 Superwash, Woolease and some Cotton.  ( I think that’s what we had!).  We soaked the yarn, and layed it in the crockpot of hot water.  Let the fun begin!

May 15, 2009    Posted in: Knit and crochet   No Comments

Koolaid Dyeing – Part 2

Our second koolaid color of the night: Cherry!  For this batch, we mixed the cherry koolaid directly into the crockpot, and added the yarn.  We used woolease.

May 15, 2009    Posted in: Knit and crochet   No Comments

Amy’s Crobots

Amy brought a new book to my stitch-n-bitch last night: Crobots by Nicole Pailloux.  Included with all the patterns were little biographies of each crobot, including Zombiebot, Dogbot and others.  Here is Amy’s Army of Crobots:

April 11, 2009    Posted in: Knit and crochet   3 Comments