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Plying the 980 g of natural white Romney lamb’s wool is making my week. You may have heard me use the word, ‘obsessed’ when I posted this picture on Twitter? It has come as a surprise. For one thing the singles flow evenly from the plying ball. Both strands feed together to my hands. The […]
Read MoreLife and writing have not connected in a long time. For many reasons but the best one is how many projects I have been successfully getting out of inertia. This post is about giving the finished ones a warm Wednesday welcome! At the top of last month, I had a lovely time over lunch with […]
Read MoreThis week was the take-in of pieces for the Burlington Handweavers & Spinners Guild‘s bi-annual juried show, “Plumage.” I have submitted this original design beaded triangle shawl, knitted in my handspun 2-ply Muga silk. It is lightly beaded with Japanese Miyuki 8/0 seed beads. Without a doubt this was my most challenging design work to date. […]
Read MoreToday, I am celebrating 10 years in Canada. Double-digits! We will batch-style various & sundry experiences as pitfalls, and just skip them. They all helped me get to the tag-line of this TKK blog anyway: Better living through fibre. Melvin must love you now. He only shows his tuxedo bib to special folks. Our Canadian […]
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I gave a spinner that I respect & have much love for a few words. I told her that being perfect isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. We can feel the right path and keep going. Slips and all. My own advice is what I am taking for the […]
Read MoreLook what I’m now wearing! It’s Amy Swenson’s design Mr. Bluejeans from Knitty’s Deep Fall 2012 issue. It’s roomy – see what I did there with the overlap? In it’s natural state this is a cardigan that would like to go for a whirl already. So, we did. Did my gauge swatch lie? I don’t […]
Read MoreCold, drab February days inspired more all-over Staghorn cable knitting. Now, a whole year of on & off knitting has paid off! The design is the Beach House Pullover by Mercedes Tarasovich-Clark, Interweave Knits Summer 2010. The size is 38¼” bust circumference, which gave me a 2″ +ve ease. Not surprisingly, the Cascade 220 worsted […]
Read More… also the title of Chapter 2 in “The Country Kitchen“, 1935 by Della T. Lutes. Here on Day 3 of an Arctic Air Mass, I have to agree with Della: “As the days begin to lengthen, then the cold begins to strengthen.” That was in the almanac. We stay closely housed. There is little […]
Read MoreThere are no words for the crazy awesome generosity of Fibergal. Let me just show you. It is all natural cotton that Fibergal has grown, and is gorgeous. Remember my gushing over spinning cotton from the boll this Tour de Fleece? Fibergal offered to send me, and this is important to quote her directly: …a […]
Read MoreOn August 6th as everyone probably knows, Jamaica celebrated 50 years of Independence. Our athletes achieved more at the 2012 London Olympics than we dreamed possible. Each medal ceremony where our flags rose was moving. We were deeply proud to stand and sing the National Anthem with Jamaicans everywhere. The colours mean: Hardships there are […]
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