Monthly Archives: March 2012

Saturday spinning update: everything’s better with cashmere

Posted on March 31, 2012 by natalie

Last week after my unsatisfying experience spinning Corriedale I moved on to some bright merino-cashmere from Spirit Trail. The colour was called Dragon’s Blood. I did a little trial of a 2 ply yarn and it turned out well, so … Continue reading →

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Knitting revealed!

Posted on March 27, 2012 by natalie

My knitting has arrived at its final destination, so I’m going to show you what I worked on last week: A couple of weeks ago I read a post from Liz showing a lovely green Hitchhiker that had been appreciated … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: I’m not friends with Corriedale

Posted on March 24, 2012 by natalie

I’ve tried spinning Corriedale fiber three times now, and none of my attempts have really worked out well. My first attempt was with a spindle. I couldn’t seem to get the hang of drafting it evenly and it seemed to … Continue reading →

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Making the most of your yarn

Posted on March 23, 2012 by natalie

I just finished a new knitting project with this much yarn left: It’s only a couple of yards and it’s all that’s left of my lovely skein of Nyoni. I had a small skein (350m/125g). I used a few techniques … Continue reading →

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We have a winner!

Posted on March 19, 2012 by natalie

I gathered all the limerick contest entrants from the blog comments, the Ravelry group & Twitter and put everyone in a spreadsheet. I used random.org to generate an appropriate winner and the lucky entrant (at the very end!) was Rachelle, … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: green + bamboo

Posted on March 17, 2012 by natalie

It’s St. Patrick’s Day! The limerick contest ends today! To win beautiful merino/silk lace yarn from Indigodragonfly, my Clover Shawl pattern, and some lucky stitch markers from Francine ends today, leave your limerick as a comment on the contest post … Continue reading →

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Caught in a trap

Posted on March 15, 2012 by natalie

A colour trap, that is. We’re back home now, but we spent a fair bit of time this March break in Sudbury. Driving around looking for a restaurant at one point I spotted Sweet Yarns and I had to go … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: soft merino

Posted on March 10, 2012 by natalie

This week I spun up some merino from a lovely local dyer. Genevieve (Turtlepurl on Artfire & Etsy) dyed up this braid of superwash merino in a colourway called “Berry Picking”. I spun it on my Louet Julia. I split … Continue reading →

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My WIP gets a new home

Posted on March 7, 2012 by natalie

You may have noticed that I’m on a bit of a green kick again. Green is one of my favourite colours, but after I spent 2 years in a green school uniform (grades 5 & 6), it was pretty much … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: plied!

Posted on March 3, 2012 by natalie

I had a whole bobbin full of singles from an Into The Whirled Falkland batt last week. This week I managed to chain ply it for another lovely colour-changing skein. Here it is wound up after washing: And re-skeined, it’s … Continue reading →

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