A knitting and spinning blog and podcast.
Choices…Posted by Aimee on April 9, 2009
By now, you may have seen the beautiful socks Wendy is knitting on her blog! How can I not knit them??? But what should I knit them out of? I took a little stash dive and came back with these options:
Left to Right: Fleece Artist Merino in Pale Pink, Neighborhood Fiber Company Studio Sock in [...]
Solar PowerPosted by Aimee on June 30, 2008
This coming weekend is the Charlotte Yarn customer appreciation event and on Saturday SUNDAY I will be teaching solar dyeing with kool-aid.
Why solar dye and why kool-aid? because they are fast, fun and easy!
Plus, you can do it with things you really have in your house already.
Stop by the shop to see these 2 skeins [...]
And then there was yarn!Posted by Aimee on November 12, 2007
This week I bring you finished yarns! Yes, YARNSSSSSSS!
First, I set the twist on the Love Bones colorway yarn from Poppy Flower Fibers.
Content: domestic wool – 4 oz.Yards: 103Ply: 2 plyWPI: 10
I am pretty proud of this yarn. it was spun during the Tour de Fleece and is mostly even and plyed very evenly as [...]
I totally called thatPosted by Aimee on October 8, 2007
I knew it. I need just a LEEEEEEEETLE bit more of this yarn to finish the duster. If I had done the collar first, I would be fine as my skirt is a little longer than called for even though I did the number of required repeats. I could have done 2 fewer and been [...]
Space bags, space bags, itty bitty space baPosted by Aimee on August 29, 2007
Have you ever thought that you needed more room to store yarn? Well, with the upcoming move, I new that hauling all my yarn out to KC was going to be a challenge, but I am of course up to it. I had my roving in on rubbermaid. Sock yarn in another. Yarn remainders in [...]
Enable Enable EnablePosted by Aimee on August 14, 2007
I wasn’t planning to blog today, but since Cristi outed me as her enabler, well, I have decided to share that power!
First, you must take a look at the Mystery Stole 3 inspired Swan Shawl Pin by Romi. It is BEAUTIFUL and if the bank every gives me my money back I will be snapping [...]
another one on the needles…Posted by Aimee on June 14, 2007
I have had the project itch. So last night I CO the Elizabeth Zimmerman Baby Surprise Jacket in Wendy Velvet Touch. It is a fun pink, yellow, green and white mix. I am now a 1/4 of the way through it. I like it, though it is a bit mindless. Which is probably what I [...]
Episode 6: I have a concussion from falling off the yarn diet wagonPosted by Aimee on May 26, 2007
Yeah. I bought a lot of stuff. Not much of it was yarn, but that isn’t the point. It makes for a fun time of talking about all the stuff I am working on.
Yarn bought:LimenViolet – The Cloak Maker (more this week, but I will talk about it next timeOnLine Yarns – Tondo in Mulberry [...]
more stuff…Posted by Aimee on May 17, 2007
I bought yarn. I am weak. But it is PRETTY and I can’t wait until it gets here. Today I also picked up the newest Simply Knitting magazine. Yeah, I hope to have a lot to say in the next podcast because I also bought a couple new books this time around.
The yarn diet is [...]
Episode 4: I’m a Yarnophile is up!!Posted by Aimee on April 22, 2007
Yes, I am a yarnophile. This week I talk about all the yarn the yarn fairie was nice enough to bring me this week. And it was a lot. No really, it was a lot.
Webs Anniversary Sale is still going on. From them I got some Cascade Cloud 9 and Cascade 220.
I got some beautiful [...]
