Archive for October, 2009
Last week we were subjected to a bit of a nasty surprise. We were hit by the residuals of typhoon Melor and had quite a bit of flooding in our house. At one point, our backyard was under about six inches of water and instead of draining out into the street, it came inside through [...]
After winding up that skein of Dream in Color Smooshy last night I was eager to cast on with it, so I spent some time browsing patterns on Ravely. Socks were out, since I don’t want to half hide the beautiful colors in my shoes, and so were scarves as I have enough of those [...]
Back in August, I received a Knitpicks ball winder as one of my birthday presents. I’ve used it countless times since then to make myself some delightfully neat yarn cakes and for the most part, it has worked perfectly fine. On larger yardage skeins, however, I occasionally run into a problem where the yarn catches [...]
October seems to be chugging along at a rapid pace and I feel like I’m having a hard time keeping up. The cold I am apparently developing is not helping, since it is wearing me out before I manage to get anything done. Thankfully, I have managed to accomplish a little bit of something each [...]
It’s time for National Craft Making Month again! I will, of course, be participating once again this year. Last year my focus was mainly on beading with a little kumihimo thrown in. This time around I’ve shifted interests into knitting and spinning, so my participation this time around will reflect that. I am planning on [...]
