Tag Archives: Fancy That

Marie Curie KAL Prizes

Last week I introduced the Marie Curie shawl, the subject of my Tour de France KAL this year. Now it’s time for the prizes! I’ve updated my Ravelry rules/prizes thread with pictures of the prizes that I’ve got/chosen so far, … Continue reading

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Twist!

I had a wonderful time on Sunday at the Twist Fibre Festival. It was a bit of a hike to Saint-AndrĂ©-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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We have a winner!

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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Want yarn? Write a limerick!

There once was a knitter named Natalie Who in March declared quite battily, “Write about Irish Pride Or The Princess Bride If you want yarn Kim dyed up so nattily.” Perhaps you’re getting the picture now! In my last post … Continue reading

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Brief updates

There are just a few things I wanted to share with you: 1) My friend Yvonne of yvieknits yarn finally has a website of her own for her hand-dyed yarns and she’s selling kits of her yarn, my patterns & … Continue reading

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I don’t crochet, but…

I almost want to crochet. There are a few reasons, but perhaps the most pressing is almost weekly exposure to my friend Anja, who does some lovely work. It also helps that she’s a real sweetie. She teaches crochet at … Continue reading

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