Category Archives: fiber
Weaving
So we’ve been experimenting with weaving. It certainly has an interesting learning curve. The basics are incredibly simple; it’s vastly more intuitive than knitting (or, in fact, the little square peg loom), but technically it’s pretty complicated to get it … Continue reading
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I knew I’d forgotten something.
I’m sure someone other than me noticed that there was no link to the shop. Well, now there is. (Incidentally, there’s really neat stuff for sale from wish. Canned cranes, posters and prints … the product of a mind that … Continue reading
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Fiber-related committment issues.
Yeah, that’s me. Maybe I should become the All-Inclusive Fiber Harlot. It just doesn’t have the ring of Yarn Harlot, though, so I won’t. In the interest of having one more thing to do with fiber, I pulled out the … Continue reading
Strike that. Reverse it.
So this afternoon, I posted pictures of a shawl. (Did you see the shawl?) It was, to be frank, sopping wet and pinned out on the living room floor. I went out to register to vote (because I am virtupus, … Continue reading
Knitting faster works.
Really. All right, maybe not. Maybe listening to Lucy was actually what I did right – it often is. Suffice it to say that I have cast off the second Adamas shawl, with a tiny ball of yarn leftover (at … Continue reading
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Spinning wheels. You can’t have just one.
So there’s a new addition to the family here in the Troll Cave : Son of Frankenwheel. Bride of Frankenwheel? Anyway, there’s now a second working spinning wheel in the house. I feel bad for the one that doesn’t have … Continue reading
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Works in progress
A skein (212 yards) of sort of mostly purple yarn in merino/tussah silk for my friend Sara: Painted jacket based on an image I used for a broadside: (and I ought to work on dealing with light in my photography, … Continue reading
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And for once, I’ve been consistently productive.
Not necessarily focused, but that never works anyway. I’ve done some spinning, some former-thesis work, and some writing. This is going to be an image-heavy post, but … well, what do you expect from me? Well, I started spinning. This … Continue reading
Fun, games, and nothing constructive.
What’s been on my reading list: Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World and The Ultimates. I know, it’s a combination not found in nature. Murakami was a fairly good idea, despite being given to me by committee. … Continue reading
In which I read, and make silly mistakes.
In the interest of reading things outside of my defaults, I’ve decided to bother the booksellers at my friendly neighborhood bookstore. Porter Square Books has some good people working for it, and they give fascinating recommendations. I got a Wendell … Continue reading