Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Yarn Harlot didn’t make me cry

Posted on August 30, 2012 by natalie

Yesterday I took Stephanie Pearl-McPhee‘s class on knitting for speed and efficiency. It was kind of like a spinach class for me: I knew I needed it, but it’s not my favourite thing in the world. Trying to learn new … Continue reading →

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Twist: the amazing things I got!

Posted on August 28, 2012 by natalie

I didn’t take pictures of every booth I visited at Twist on the weekend, but I carefully surveyed the whole room before I made any commitments. My first purchase was the fulfillment of a wish I’ve had for a while. … Continue reading →

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Twist!

Posted on August 28, 2012 by natalie

I had a wonderful time on Sunday at the Twist Fibre Festival. It was a bit of a hike to Saint-André-Avellin, but the weather was beautiful. First thing in the morning (ok, more like 9am) the roads were clear. I … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: Monet plied

Posted on August 25, 2012 by natalie

First, I wasn’t exactly sure if I’d like the plied result of these two bobbins: I did a wee test skein and it looked not so great on the bobbin: But then I took it off and I could see … Continue reading →

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Paris: Tour de France

Posted on August 23, 2012 by natalie

I’ve been watching the Tour de France as an avid fan for quite a few years now. This year our impromptu anniversary trip to France meant that we’d be in Paris for the last day of the Tour de France. To … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: nothing to report

Posted on August 18, 2012 by natalie

Sadly, there has been zero progress made on my spinning this week. I have not touched the wheel or a spindle. I can’t remember the last week where I didn’t spin at all. There has been too much back to … Continue reading →

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Paris: churches

Posted on August 17, 2012 by natalie

It’s still taking me a long time to go through my photos from Paris and figure out what to share. Today’s post is from the two churches we visited. One evening we ended up at Notre Dame. We were able to … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: Monet 2

Posted on August 11, 2012 by natalie

So this week I managed to finish spinning the singles of my 200g of Monet Shetland from Turtlepurl. Yay! Batt 1: I split the strips a little skinnier for batt 2 to try to make sure that the colours aren’t … Continue reading →

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Paris: museums

Posted on August 6, 2012 by natalie

While in Paris there were a few museums I knew I wanted to see. We spent time at the Orangerie, benefiting from the museum pass for a speedy entry. I hadn’t been there in quite some time, so it was … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: Monet

Posted on August 4, 2012 by natalie

It seemed somehow appropriate after visiting Paris and seeing many paintings to pull out this Shetland in the colourway Monet from Turtlepurl to work on next. I’ve got 200g of this to spin up, and I’m only about 50g of … Continue reading →

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