Category: yarn

So I went to grab a ball of the All Season’s Cotton I bought at the Frolic, to swatch for a tank top. I open my Denise case, and hm – no appropriately sized needles. I wonder why?

From left: Soleil, on US 5; wavy skirt on US 6; licorice cardi on US 7; cozy on US 8, phildar jacket (the collar) on US 9. No wonder I have no needles! I suppose that’s a sign that I should finish up some projects, hm? I’m working on finishing up the Phildar Jacket – I’ve got just a bit of the collar to go, then finishing. I already sewed up the shoulders and set in the sleeves, and wove in a bunch of ends. Still to do – sew down the front facings, neaten up vertical buttonholes and weave in those ends, sew on the collar, seam up the sleeves and sides (that’s the easy one) and find and sew on buttons. So much finishing…

I received some fiber in the mail (I *heart* mail), that I’d ordered off eBay. This stuff is pretty dang bright! So much fiber to spin, so little time and patience for spindle spinning. Hey Denny? Maybe I could come over one day and use your wheel for a few hours?

One last thing. What the hell is this?

HAIL. ON THE SECOND OF MAY.

Ah, the first real content post in my new digs! Exciting. Fresh new-blog-smell and everything!

First up, some spinning. I made my first Andean bracelet –

and made some 2-ply, around fingering weight.

Seemed like so much work though, and I only got this! Maybe this is why I want a wheel – because I’m impatient.

Inspired by Lauren over at Almost Felted, I went through my knitted stuffs for things to send to the Dulaan project. I came up with a few.

In the left bag are a miniponcho thing with a turtleneck, an A Capella, a scarf and hat. In the right bag are Topsecret and another hat. I’ll probably still try to get a few more hats out.

So naturally going through my stuff allowed me to reorganize – here’s a shot of my laundry basket (clean laundry only!) – turned WIP basket.

I also found some things to frog.

In the left bag are Syncopated Ribs (must rescue the Cotton-ease!), my criss-cross tank (from last spring’s Vogue – way too big), and a tank top called Jenna. In the right bag are the pieces from a sweater I started in Elann’s Highland Chunky – I think I’m going to restart the Urban Aran, but maybe not till the fall.

Oh, and one more thing – the cardi, she has sleevage…

I name her “Licorice cardigan”.

A shoutout to those who have managed to find me Strawberry Cream Cotton-ease! I should have enough for, well, probably a couple of projects! Mwah!

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Welcome all! Hope you found your way here without any trouble. This whole wordpress thing is mightly cool, but I’ve got questions for those who can answer them…

1) This is a really simple question but – how do I change the font colour in the header to black? I can’t seem to find the header font thing in my stylesheet. I might just put the actual title on the header as a jpg, but I want to see how it looks just with the black text…
2) How to I make my monthly archives show as the full entries and not just the beginnings?
3) How do I get the list bullets on the sidebar? Thanks Kelly!
4) How do I make all my old entries (back at the old place) not show up, but not be deleted?

I suck at the coding thing, especially since I don’t know php well (or at all) so any help would be most appreciated!