Lost a half to a kitteh. Gained a half with the last skein I used.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Hexipuffs 27 - 33 1/2 and a retreat!
I bring you this blog post to kind of interrupt the hexipuff craziness that has been going on in my life. Tomorrow morning I will be going to a Winter Fiber Arts Retreat and Market care of the Yarn Cupboard and staying the night into Sunday afternoon. I am very excited and have packed and repacked about twenty times today. I will be taking a dyeing class with Jennifer Van Calcar of Holiday Yarns plus oogling her wares at the market along with Melissa Jean Designs, Jill Draper Makes Stuff, Spinner's Hill, Three Irish Girls, and Manos.
What did I pack?
- my Snap Dragon fiber from Cloverleaf Farms that I have yet to start but I did pre-draft
- mini skeins for my hexipuff addiction
- one of my amigurumi books, Hello My Name is Amineko - The Story of a Crafty Crochet Cat by Nekoyama, cuz I want a kitty in my life again (that doesn't meow or poop outside the box)
- Interweave Knit and Spin 2011 issue
- a notebook and pen
- camera - I hear this location is pretty awesome looking
- clothes and toiletries...booring! (I almost forgot!)
- orange soda (I need to ensure that this future child has red hair like me and the Haze)
Full report sometime next week. Here's to a fibery, friendly weekend!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
HEXIPUFF MADNESS
Warning: You are about to enter a blog post full of gratuitous shots of hexipuffs.
I am totally addicted and I cannot stop! It's a good thing I didn't give up hexipuff making for Lent!
Oh little hexagons of happiness, why must you be so tempting?
Look at you all, acting cute and innocent. Just hanging out, flashing your six-sided goodness.
What's the total count you ask? Currently, I'm almost to twenty. There are few puffs missing from the family photos. Mostly because they weren't born yet.
I just want to squeeze these things when I'm not knitting them! Is that wrong?
Photos by Ammerican Photography
Thursday, March 1, 2012
4 more ounces!
This is my second incomplete four ounces that I spun up this past month. Say hello to "Jolie en Pink." It's fiber from Spinner's Hill Top in merino that I purchased from The Yarn Cupboard. I say incomplete in that when I started to first spin it it was I think November? Anyway, it's done and I love it! I did not end up Navajo plying it because I was too chicken. My spinning friend Angela, showed me how to do it on a spindle and I even tried to do it with some practice yarn while she helped me at our last spin night. I'm going to continue practicing that way until I feel confident. What was cool is that the method of Navajo plying is almost like starting a crochet chain. So, I shouldn't be too scared, right?
I'm really proud of this skein because I noticed my singles are more consistent and I don't have as much thick and thin areas like I did with my Blue Jay Way yarn. I didn't check out the yarn on my WPI gauge but by eye balling it, I'd say that my two ply merino is clocking in at about a bulky weight and I got about 106 yards in total. What do you think I should make with it? :-)
Next fiber up for this month:
This is Snapdragon from Clover Leaf Farms that I purchased at the Hemlock Fiber Festival this past fall. It's four ounces of merino top. I have already pre-drafted so it's ready to go ...once I can break away from my hexipuff addiction.
Photos by Ammerican Photography
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
National Crochet Month Effort
National Crochet Month starts tomorrow and to celebrate, I've made this Crochet Scarf Archived. The pattern is by one of my new fibery friends, Beth Coye.
I used Lion Brand Tweed Stripes in the colorway of orchid. A color shout out to Beth, if you will, since she loves purple.
I decided to make it a skinny scarf that wound up looking like an ascot on me after all was said and done. I'm okay with that and it really spruced up my work outfit quite a bit.
This is not what I wore to work but how I did sport my new, cute scarf. You can also see a little baby bump in this photo. By the way, it's a boy! :-D
Photos by Ammerican Photography
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Hexipuff 13 1/2 -16
Here are my latest hexipuffs. I surpassed the 5% mark on my Ravelry project page so, that was exciting. Only a little under 90 left to go to hit my goal of 100 puffs. Yes, I know, I'm crazy. But I gotta use all those mini skeins of sock yarn for something!
Current Puff Addiction: 1 1/2 a day
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Hexipuff 10, 11, 12 and 1/2
Baby brain stinks. I realized that even if I don't get two full hexipuffs out of one mini-skein, I can still make a half hexi to smooth out the edges of the future quilt. DUH! At least I didn't get too far into messing up my hexipuff mojo!
Current Puff Habit: 1 1/2 a day
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