Tag Archives: Turtlepurl

Sunday spinning update: spinning mania

Posted on December 21, 2014 by natalie

I’ve been looking at the yarn on my wheel for quite a while. I haven’t really touched it since November. I had 3 shawls to knit and very little time to spend spinning. This weekend, with the deadlines done I … Continue reading →

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Tour de Fleece

Posted on July 28, 2014 by natalie

Despite being at home for the Tour de France this year, I didn’t go too crazy with the spinning for the Tour de Fleece. I didn’t officially participate on a team and I just didn’t have time to follow the … Continue reading →

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Late spinning update

Posted on July 21, 2014 by natalie

Last week went by in a blur. It started out with cake when someone turned 7: I really don’t know what happened the rest of the week, but I did manage to get some spinning done. The merino got plied … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: Yarn!

Posted on July 13, 2014 by natalie

I am feeling victorious today. I’ve finally made some yarn since the big house move. This was mostly thanks to the daily spinning prompt of watching the Tour de France. First of all, I finished spinning the merino singles that … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: slow progress

Posted on May 25, 2014 by natalie

I’ve been spending a few minutes here & there working on my Turtlepurl Merino, but I’m still in the very long brown section. Progress is being made, and I’m hoping to see the colours change this week: Now that the … Continue reading →

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Sunday spinning update: just the beginning

Posted on May 4, 2014 by natalie

We’re in major move mood here: we’re at single digit number of days left to go. Boxes are everywhere. The basement is starting to look reasonable. I kept out one braid of merino from Turtlepurl that I’m spinning for a … Continue reading →

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Frolic fun

Posted on May 2, 2014 by natalie

This past weekend I was lucky enough, once again, to take a trip to Toronto with my friend Debbie to help out at her Sheeps Ahoy booth at the DKC Knitters’ Frolic. Here’s the booth. It was less blurry in … Continue reading →

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Knitting festivals

Posted on September 12, 2013 by natalie

I’ve been lucky to visit a couple of knitting festivals in the last month or so. The Twist Fibre Festival was in St-André-Avellin at the end of August. I went with my friend Jenn and ended up with a new … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: BFL

Posted on June 22, 2013 by natalie

This week I managed to finish up spinning the Turtlepurl BFL that I started last week. Here are the happy full bobbins: I plied them together, stopping frequently to admire the sheen and the subtle changes. I’ve got almost 500 … Continue reading →

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Saturday spinning update: a little spinning is better than none

Posted on June 15, 2013 by natalie

I didn’t get up to much spinning this week, but I did get a new braid out and got it started. I’ve been spinning up a lot of new things lately, but this week I went back to something known … Continue reading →

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