Pithy
Posted by limedragon | Filed under knitting, yarn stash
(Quick update re: the Rory pattern; it’s now available for downloading or saving to your library at Ravelry. If you’re not a Raveler, a public download link is available here.)
No knitting report today, but look! Pretty yarn!
Tags: blue, green, kal, lana grossa, meilenweit, prize, ravelry, rory, sock-yarn, socks-in-the-cities, update, yarn stash, yarnery
Goldilocks
Posted by limedragon | Filed under accessories, knitting
When I started putting away the few colors of left over Wool-Ease I had pulled from stash for the Gansey Watch Cap, it occurred to me that I could make my own marled yarn by mixing and holding different color strands together as one yarn.
But what to make? Hats! I needed to add a [...]
Tags: black, blue, challenge, charity, cornerstone, free, gift, gray, hats, lion-brand, mile, patterns, prize, red, rory, socks-in-the-cities, stash, stashdown, wool-ease, yarnery
Treasure Hunting
Posted by limedragon | Filed under events, knitting, yarn stash
This past weekend was the Second Annual “Tools of the Trade Twin Cities LYS Shop Hop.” Because I didn’t go last year, I decided to go on Saturday and asked Mom to go with me.
What I really liked about the Hop is that I got to visit five new-to-me stores. The metro area is [...]
Tags: 3 kittens, amazing threads, bamboo, cascade, coldwater-collaborative, cotton, events, itty-bitty-hats, needlework-unlimited, patterns, plymouth, sheepy-yarn-shoppe, shop-hop, sock-yarn, twin-cities, wool, yarn stash, yarnery, zandys
Grand Shop Hop
Posted by limedragon | Filed under events, knitting
Quick note: I am testing a new photo popup plugin in this post. Go on, try it out by clicking any of the pictures below. Please let me know how it works and how you like it. Thank you!Update: To close the pop-up if the instructions don’t work or show up for you, click on [...]
Tags: bead-monkey, beads, buttons, cabin-fever, cropped-cardigan, events, fabric, grand-ave, hats, more-sensational-knitted-socks, mountain-colors, oilcloth, shop-hop, socks, treadle-yard-goods, yarnery
Miscellany
Posted by limedragon | Filed under accessories, contemplation, knitting, socks, yarn stash
Last week was one of these weeks where no matter how much I work, I seem to accomplish very little. Yuck.
Friday before last was the first of a series of warm spring-like days, and I went to two LYS, The Yarnery, and Borealis Yarns.
Tags: accessories, borealis-yarns, contemplation, hats, mad-cows, shelridge-farm, sock-madness, socks, yarn stash, yarnery
