Monthly Archives: April 2011

Saturday spinning update

Posted on April 30, 2011 by natalie

I’m writing this in advance, since I’ll be at the DKC Spring Frolic this Saturday, but since I’ll be driving on Friday I’ll get very little spinning accomplished. I really haven’t got much to show this week. I got distracted … Continue reading →

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Road trip!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by natalie

Tomorrow Anna Dalvi & I are traveling to Toronto for the DKC Spring Frolic. Today I’m a little frantic. I’m doing laundry, tidying up, and making lists. I’ve got a list of things to buy today, a list of things … Continue reading →

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Show and tell

Posted on April 27, 2011 by natalie

I had a great time last night speaking to the Lanark County Knitting Guild in Almonte. It was amazing to me how much room all my knits took up. I stuffed my usual weekend away bag full of them! It … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update – a little Cobalt

Posted on April 23, 2011 by natalie

A while ago Joan put even more fabulous new boxes of fiber in the Cupcake Fiber Company’s Etsy shop. I was dithering over what colour needed to be mine. I decided that I wanted to try a different type of … Continue reading →

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Lavender Fields is up!

Posted on April 20, 2011 by natalie

Yay! Thanks to the help of some wonderful test knitters, I was able to get my Lavender Fields pattern up on Ravelry late last night. The PDF has been prettified and it’s ready to go. You can knit this shawl … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update – it’s plied!

Posted on April 16, 2011 by natalie

I didn’t accomplish much this week in spinning because I was so busy knitting shawls. I did manage to finish up the plying on my Frabjous Fibers blues. It’s 2 ply, probably around 400 yards of it in about 109 … Continue reading →

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And now in pink…

Posted on April 15, 2011 by natalie

No sooner was my purple Lavender Fields shawl of the previous post off the needles than I’d already cast on for a pink one. This time I used worsted weight yarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca in Fuschia. I bought it at … Continue reading →

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Lavender Fields – blocked & flying

Posted on April 13, 2011 by natalie

When I showed you the little peek of the Lavender Fields shawl prototype last week I didn’t give you any visuals to explain the inspiration. Here’s a field of lavender, showing the rounded rows. The main body of the shawl … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: Frabjous Fibers BFL

Posted on April 9, 2011 by natalie

I recently acquired 4 oz of Frabjous Fibers BFL top in colour “Lucky Star” from Michelle’s “I want a Doberman puppy” destash. It looked kind of like this to start with: So I split it into quarters and with a … Continue reading →

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Multiple levels of procrastination

Posted on April 8, 2011 by natalie

There hasn’t been a whole lot of knitting content on the blog lately, but I have been knitting. I’ve been knitting and procrastinating by doing spinning and knitting other things. I’ve been working on a couple of new designs. One’s … Continue reading →

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