pretty yarnz

I spent my snowy exile being productive.

8oz of Knitwitch‘s 100% merino, in the color “Michelangelo”

a little over 400yds, 2ply

This was LOVELY to spin – but of course it’s merino, which just slips nicely through the fingers.  I think my plying is getting [...]

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

This past Sunday was the big Christmas party/knitter’s gift exchange at Jacquie’s house, and boy, it did NOT disappoint.  The gift exhange was done “bad santa” style, where everyone draws a number and picks gifts from under the tree….OR steals a gift from someone who had gone before them.  This always starts out tame [...]

spun-zen

For anyone considering buying a wheel, I highly recommend it.  I know I’ve been using a borrowed wheel for the past *cough* year now, but having a wheel of your own?  Is awesome.

I also highly recommend buying on at a fiber festival.  Because when you buy a wheel at a fiber festival?  People [...]

a rewarding week

Whew, made it!  Out of the parking garage, and through my first week at my new job.  It’s been fun, busy, somewhat boring, and awesome all around.  It was a trial by fire, really, as they threw us into a huge undertaking that while not mentally challenging, was still quite the challenge to get [...]

insoluable fiber

So some of you may be asking “Does ESC still do anything crafty or fiber related?”

OK, a few of you. Not most of you. Most of you just shut up and keep reading

and the answer is YES, I DO! The summer heat has sucked away much of my knitting mojo, but [...]

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