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Fiber Fashion Pre-Show: Red Carpet Style
Friday night was the first Fiber Fashion Showcase hosted by Cambridge’s own Common Cod Fiber Guild. Even as models and designers assembled backstage to prepare for a runway show featuring local designers, guild members, guests and other fiber fans gathered … Continue reading
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Photography for Knitters
Today I was able to take part in a class on Photography for Knitters taught by Gale Zucker (be sure to check out her strictly fiber blog, She Shoots Sheep Shots, too!). Aside from the really adorable sheep and lamb … Continue reading
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Close Enough.
One year, One day. I might write more in another post about what this project has been like if I can find words sufficient for the occasion. For now, photos!
Our Second Home
Remember this? I haven’t mentioned it in months. The fact of the matter is, it seems to go mostly in spurts. I’ll not work on it at all for several weeks, and then suddenly it will stride forward in great … Continue reading
Mystery Knitalong Time!
If you’ve got some extra time and worsted weight yarn sitting around this week, might I suggest you have a go at a bit of mystery? My mom (aka: LoneStarNeedler, Jean in TX, depending on where you may know her … Continue reading
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A Long Yarn
Mom came to visit over last weekend because she was on spring break. I wasn’t, since jobs don’t generally come with spring breaks outside the education field, but we made do. Wednesday evening, she waited for her luggage at the … Continue reading
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Yes We Can Hat
Sadly, the only great photo I have of it on is from the back… There’s nothing like wearing politics on your head. This pattern was posted in the Knitters for Obama group on Ravelry a couple days ago, and once … Continue reading
What makes “yarn” yarn?
I tried spinning yarn a few months ago on a homemade spindle with rather disastrous results. Well, nothing terribly exciting came of it, so I suppose they were more unproductive results than disastrous. For my birthday, my friend Sally gave … Continue reading
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Karma Is Fun For Both Of Us
I found this great karma game on Suzanne’s blog, and have been itching to play. I thought that she already had her 3 people months ago, but she informed me this weekend that she’s still missing one person so I … Continue reading
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Ice Queen
This morning I slogged out to my car to head to work as I do every morning. Grabbed the ice scraper from the back seat to scape the frozen condensation off my car like I do many mornings as of … Continue reading
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