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This should be the last of the Stitches West related posts, thank goodness. I didn’t think that I would have quite this much to talk about, but that has turned out not to be the case.
One of my favorite booths this year was Little Red Bicycle / Femme Fatale Fibers. Not only do both dyers [...]
Continuing on with my adventures at Stitches West…
After Wabi Sabi, I stopped by the Girl on the Rocks booth. There were a ton of cute little knitting/fiber accessories there that caught my eye, but before coming to the convention I had decided to stick with entirely fiber this year. I stuck to my word and [...]
This past weekend I was able to attend Stitches West for the first time. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but thanks to some sage advice from the girls at Purlescence Yarns (bring water and take it slow) and a bit of pre-planning on my part (mapped out the booths I wanted to visit first), [...]
January is certainly flying by, isn’t it? I could have sworn that it was just yesterday that we were waiting for the clock to strike midnight so that we could welcome in a brand new year.
I have decided that this year will be the year of the stash. I intend to slow down on my [...]
What an incredibly busy past three months it has been! Now that all of the holiday craziness is over and dealt with, I find I suddenly have the time to sit back and relax… at least for a little while. I know my shoulder certainly appreciates the down time!
I didn’t realize just how much I [...]
Things have been a bit quiet around here this last month and for good reason! I’ve been spending most of my free time knitting away in an attempt to get all of my Christmas gifts done on time. I am now mostly done, thankfully. Six scarves are finished with one left to go (it has [...]
Thanksgiving has come and gone for yet another year, leaving behind a huge mess, a fridge full of leftovers, and the remnants of a really great time.
My husband and I try to rotate which family we spend each end of the year holiday with in the name of fairness. This year was my family’s turn [...]
October ended a while ago marking the completion of NaCraMaMo and I just haven’t had the time to summarize the month’s happenings before now. I’m happy to say that I was indeed able to meet my goal this year. Although my plan to craft a little each day wasn’t a very lofty goal, I did [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I received a very special package in the mail today!
At the end of July, I decided that it might be fun to try out one of the many swapping groups on Ravelry. As it was my first time, I wanted to start “small,” so I shopped around for a bit before finally deciding to join [...]
This morning my mother asked if I would like to go through a big pile of clothing she had set aside for donations. There’s usually one or two things that can be repurposed or used as is, so I love to dig through her old things (I also like thrift shops for this very same [...]
The last of my recent yarn splurging arrived today – three delightful cakes of variegated goodness, courtesy of Yarntopia Treasures.
The top cake is hemp lace, in the colorway Flair. I had originally purchased one just like this for a swap partner on Ravelry and ended up liking it so much that I had to order [...]
My swift arrived yesterday morning, much to my delight.
After pulling it out of the packaging and taking a moment to marvel at how pretty it is, I decided to test it out. Setup was exceedingly simple: just unscrew and remove the locking peg, set the base legs into position, and then lock the propeller blades [...]
In just one week, I will turn twenty-five years old. I will officially be a quarter century old and I find that very exciting.
Twenty-five is a very significant number to me, more so than the more typical milestones of sixteen, eighteen, or twenty-one. Although I’ve been living as a “grown up” for the past six [...]
