September 09, 2005
I'm still working on stash cleaning. With no disrespect meant to New Orleans and victims of the hurricane, I've begun to think of the destruction as that of a hurricane. I'm calling it the Hurriskein Purl cleanup. I've been liberating...
August 20, 2005
Yes, it is. From Carol Leigh's Hillcreek Fiber Studio, bought in May at the Maryland Sheep & Wool festival. Very pretty. Very pink. Very cashmere. And Very fine. Too fine, in fact, for the Lily of the Valley shawl...
May 06, 2003
I think I've got it figured out, where I went wrong. One must think of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival as an Event. To believe that you can simply pack up one day and go to this place far...
Head pounds, tummy frowns, muscles scream, lungs wheeze, sinus drains, neck complains, eyes close in sleepy doze, I sing the blues and thats the News of Now in Happy Holler. Ok, so did I read my book on the trip?...
May 05, 2003
Ezra and I were a match made in Heaven, and Heaven was the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival 2003. But more about him later... The Welcome I arrived at the Baltimore airport Friday evening, and was greeted by the sweetest...
May 01, 2003
Here is my May Basket. I've traded in the bloom of youth for the catharsis of the Cosmopolitan. A spree of sheepy shopping shall replace a sally 'round the maypole, and the serendipity of Spring will not be compromised. M'aidez!...
April 20, 2003
The lace here shows the mistake I fixed and the mistake I made with the fix. I still can fix it and may do that before knitting the next row. Can you tell? The crochet hook points to the problem....
April 17, 2003
I had the overwhelming urge yesterday to compare my Henry VIII with Wendy's for color difference between Alice Starmore Scottish Campion (discontinued) and Jamieson's Spindrift. Amused to find that my FO pictures of Henry VIII and the Flying Geese gansey...
April 16, 2003
Icelandic Yarn Yesterday on FiberTraditions Caroline asked about Icelandic yarn, specifically laceweight unspun. I purchased a fair amount of Icelandic yarn when on the famous cruise. I tried to describe it in words, but thought I'd show a picture. The...
