Last spring, 10 women from my knitting group piled into a rented van and set out to visit 5 new yarn stores in one day. We made it to 4 of them, purchasing 52 skeins and 2 cones of yarn in the process. We had so much fun, we decided to do it again last [...]
Archive for October, 2007
The Austin Knitting and Crocheting Meetup Group Fall 07 Yarn Crawl
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
2007 Austin Knit Out and Crochet
Posted in Finished projects, spinning on October 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Today I attended the 2007 Austin Knit Out and Crochet, sponsered by the Lone Star State Knitters. I attended this event last year, when I was still puzzling out the mysteries of thread crochet and had not yet touched a pair of knitting needles, so it was neat to reflect on just how far I’ve [...]
Icarus II and a new skill
Posted in Knit shawls, Lace, On the needles, Works in progress, spinning on October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You remember how the new Icarus looked 10 days ago?
It’s grown a bit. I’m not working particularly hard on it, but the stockinette portion of the pattern goes quickly.
I still love the yarn – it’s Baruffa Cashwool. Nice and cuddly.
I’ve been trying to figure out what spinning is all about, so last night I drove to [...]
