Showing posts with label fibre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fibre. Show all posts

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

A couple FOs, plus a Frolic.

It's been a fruitful couple weeks in the land of fibre arts.


 First off, I finished my niece's Zita.



Next, I finished the first Aquaphobia sock. After a year. I know, not exactly fruitful, but at least slightly productive, right?



Third, I started on a Young Einstein for the little guy. The shoulders are almost done.



Fourth, I'm working on a sun hat to match the Zita. The brim of the hat mirrors the band on the dress. (no picture yet, but the same colour as the dress) And Fifth, I just finished spinning the FML Skein. Why is it the FML skein? Because it got tangled all to shit and I spent three hours detangling it.


With that out of the way, I should also mention that I went to the DKC Knitters Frolic again this year. It's a once a year event where they hold workshops and have a huge marketplace of yarn and spinning and other goodies which you can buy (and for those with a budget, just drool over). I picked up some new fibre and a skein of yarn.
Super Mario colourway by Studioloo

Malabrigo fibre

Lime green Superwash wool

Wool and firestar mix

And, as you see at the bottom of the stash, a beaded row counter for lace and other pattern reps. Oh, and someone gave me some free hand balm because the skin gets dry from spinning.

The Frolic was great. It's one of my favourite events of the year and it was nice seeing my friends from the knitting group. Special shoutout to Sandy, who braved crazy bad traffic with me and endured our adventures into parts unknown on the way there.

Good times!

Oh, and lastly, I've added a knitmeter and spinmeter to the site. Just a fun way to keep track of how much I've knit and spun this year. We'll see whether or not I keep up with it :P

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Bloody Hell

It's been forever since I updated here. The last time I really posted here was my pre-NYC trip.  I really ought to post a few things about the trip, even though it's super late.

Here goes.

I did a little bit of knitting while I was on my trip. I worked on my Aquaphobia socks on the subway and I knocked out some USA themed hexipuffs.



We were staying in Brooklyn and on day 2 of our trip, we decided to go for a really, REALLY long walk to check out some local yarn stores.

We actually got around to checking out two of them.

The first store we stopped by was called Stitch Therapy and the lady who ran the shop, Maxcine, was lovely, pleasant, and very knowledgeable.  Her store is small but not overly so. There is plenty of space to sit and knit.  I picked up 4 oz of angora rabbit from her store for a really reasonable price.  Here are some pictures!




After Stitch Therapy we found our way to Argyle Yarns which was about a thirty minute walk. It was a beautiful day and we were glad to make the trek. The display was beautiful, but I'm sad to say that the staff seemed a little cold to me.

I purchased some short birch DPNs to work on hexipuffs but they were the wrong size as it turned out. When I went for an exchange, I was refused, but I needed the DPNs so I gave in and bought them, anyway.

Here are some pictures of her store. It was spacious and airy.





A few days after visiting initially, I stopped by Stitch Therapy again to knit with Maxcine for awhile and talk about the local sights. We decided after that to hit the Brooklyn Bridge.

Anyway, this isn't a huge post about the whole trip to NYC... just the knitting portion! SO, shoutout to two stores with great selection. I would highly recommend anyone going to Brooklyn to stop by Stitch Therapy and hang out with Maxcine. :)

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Adventures in Spinning!

So, I actually ended up at the Knitters Fair this year and I was determined to come away with some spinning supplies and a nice skein of handspun.

More behind the break >>