Having had such a good time at the last yarn tasting I participated in, I went poking around for some more and found out that Berroco also has one going right now. Our kits arrived in short order, and we got into them! The top two yarns are Remix Light and Summer Sesame, the middle… Continue reading Yarn Tasting #2
I mentioned last week that I had turned some birthday cash into some yarn – it got here today! Two more rare breed skeins complete with Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em stickers, from Shaggy Bear Farms. They were a vendor at this month’s VK Live, and I found them via poking around in the vendor… Continue reading A Few Skeins More
My Mom is now encouraging me in my rare breed yarn nuttiness, and very kindly gifted me some yarn from the SE2SE list. It is from Florida Cracker sheep, which is an actual breed of sheep even though the name makes it sound like sheep that Florida Man would have 🙂 It was bought from… Continue reading Yes, More SE2SE Yarn
People who are friends with me on Instagram already know about these, so feel free to skip if you have seen them 🙂 I opened the last yarn surprise of my Countdown to Halloween set from Ms. Monster Creations on Saturday. It is a lot of yarn, and I am very happy with all of… Continue reading Last of the Halloween Stash Enhancements
I believe I mentioned having gone a little crazy with the Halloween yarn. Well, a lot of that has been coming in finally, making for some pretty happy mail days 🙂 This is a mini set from Ms. Monster Creations that came with the nifty little bag from the Ginger Ewe. I really liked this… Continue reading Stash Enhancement Saturday
Now that I have actually made a second CustomFit pattern, some of you have asked about the process and how it worked out for me. So here it is 🙂 And I apologize in advance – this is a bit long. There are some preliminary steps you have to take to get started with CustomFit.… Continue reading CustomFit Experience
The people who thought up this passport and sticker thing for getting us fiber people to support endangered breed sheep were marketing geniuses! It really makes you (me, anyway) want to collect them all! I got a little crazy there for a while. Skeins 4 and 5 recently showed up, so I thought I’d share… Continue reading SE2SE #4 & 5 – I Need to Calm Down Now
It doesn’t happen often, but I recently got swept up in a trend. Â I didn’t mean for it to happen. Â Even now, on the other side, I’m not 100% sure exactly how it happened. Â But it did. Â So here’s how it went. A couple of weeks ago, I started seeing some buzz about the newest… Continue reading Fashion Victim
If you are a knitter, you probably have some pretty strong opinions about your needles. Â Most of us do. Â I myself love metal needles for their speed and durability, and dislike wood and bamboo because they are kind of fragile, and are ssssooooooo ssssllllllooooooowwwww. Â You may feel differently. Â Feel free to share your needle preference… Continue reading Getting Bent – Neko Knitting Needles
Quite A Yarn 