So the prodigal returns, at least for a few minutes before dashing off for a much-needed birthday weekend break. I know that most people here don’t like long-winded diatribes about personal life so I’ll just say that my father has been gravely ill since mid-May and I was in the States with him and my [...]

Tags: birthday, Convergence, Daddy, family, health issues, holiday, I Knit Day, jwt2008, Knitting & Stitching Show, Mom, scrapbooking, summer, The Big Stamp & Scrap Show, USA, weaving
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My walk is tomorrow!  Please consider donating!  I lied about wearing my sequinny All-Stars, it’s a bit too hot and t managed to fix my broken Z-Coils (sandals with springs in the heel, much easier on the back) so that’s the plan. I’ve started making thank-you cards.  Not quite satisfied with the design yet but [...]

Tags: baby alpaca, beading, Daddy, felting, Florida, Homestead Wool and Gift Farm, Mom, North Carolina, packing for trip, quilting, raw alpaca fiber, raw fiber, spinning, walk for fibromyalgia, ZCoils
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So I finally bought something on Etsy! (Not for lack of drooling, mind you, just that money is kinda tight at the moment.) I read the Yarn Harlot who was singing the praises of Unwind Yarn Company‘s superwash merino sock yarn. Well, I’m looking to build my sock yarn stash (and thanks to those who [...]

Tags: Craftygirl83, etsy, project superstar, sock yarn, stash, Superwash Merino, Unwind Yarn Company, Wendy Colourway, Yarn Harlot
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Some more photos just so I can catch up on the past week.  (I still have several months backlog of photos and events to blog about, but I am at least trying to stay on top of things as they are happen now!) This week I attempted to crochet: I didn’t get very far, I’m [...]

Tags: celtic ring, crochet, debbie bliss, Debbie Bliss Soho, gauge swatch, loom knitting, newbie crochet, spin ring, swatching, wedding ring
Filed under: Projects and Plans, Show and Tell

Many thanks to Daniella for pointing out that Malabrigo Organic Cotton is now available at WEBS.  It’s pricey, but with the pound being strong it worked out to be affordable for me.  I also took the time to get some of my new everyday-workhorse favourite yarn, Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk (I need to photograph those [...]

Tags: arucania cotton, debbie bliss, debbie bliss alpaca silk, fibromyalgia, google, Malabrigo, Malabrigo cotton, malabrigo organic cotton, organic cotton, pesticides
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Thanks to everyone who wore blue shirts and wished the girls well.   Their grandmother says that the transplant went smoothly, but now Marian has two weeks of feeling very rough while her bone marrow hopefully converts to be like Audrey’s. I finished the bracelets (3 each for the girls in plastic beads on elastic cording, [...]

Tags: beading, bracelets, project superstar, spinning
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This is really long and photo-heavy.  To save on your downloads I have tried to keep the photos small, but you can click on any of them for the full-sized versions. Day 1: Galaries Lafayette We were staying quite near the “Grands Magasins” (big department stores) so on our first day we went to our [...]

Tags: accessibility, antiques, april in paris, craft magazines, crafty shopping, crystals, fleur de lys, Galaries Lafayette, Idees Magazine, Katia nordic, La Drougerie, Les Puces, Marie Claire Idees, Montmartre, paris, Paris Flea Markets, rubber stamps, shopping in Paris, vintage postcards, yarn
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I finally ordered my first “big girl” looms from Decor Accents — an extra small gauge straight rake for dishcloths and an extra fine gauge sock loom (will fit me and t both, yay!) to be delivered to my mom’s house. Now to find some cheap sock yarn to practice on — anyone destashing? Mom [...]

Tags: decor accents looms, knitting looms, light-up crochet hook, loom knititng socks, loom knitting, loom knitting dishcloths, peaches & creme, pennsylvania, road trip, sock yarn, stomach virus
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I really hate letting people down. Especially when I know if I had just not procrastinated I wouldn’t have had this problem! I failed to finish my afghan for Tricot du Coeur. I let other things (Thing-a-day and Project Superstar) take precedence and then in the three weeks I had left — which should have [...]

Tags: failure, knitting to deadline, paris, project superstar, Tricot du Coeur
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I know I have been very remiss in my blogging endeavours, but I have to plead illness.It’s been a very hard month+ for me and talking to people is one of the most difficult things at times so I’m afraid I have just been hibernating away. But today, perhaps because of the spring weather (oh [...]

Tags: chronic illness, Daddy, depression, Juliann World Tour 2008, jwt2008, Knifty Knitter, knifty knitter long loom, knitted scarf, loom knit scarf, loom knitting, Mom, spinning, Trendsetter Yarns, trendsetter yarns blossom, USA, visiting America
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