July 30, 2012
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
July 29, 2012
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Scenes from a dye workshop
July 28, 2012
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Dye prep
I wonder if I’ll manage to dye all of this? It seems a little overambitious but I’d rather have too much than not enough. I’m looking forward to the dye workshop at Gilead Fiber Farm this weekend.
July 27, 2012
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Leftie
I’m heading off to Vermont for a dye workshop weekend among friends and I need some mindless (or nearly so) knitting to take along. Enter “Leftie”. I’m using the merino yarn I spun from the roving my mother-in-law brought me … Continue reading
July 26, 2012
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Tarragon laceweight
Yesterday I had the pleasure of a visitor who spins and we spend many hours chatting and spinning. I managed to finish a skein of cormo/romney laceweight, 650 yards.
July 25, 2012
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Finito!
I didn’t quite meet my goal for Tour de Fleece but I did ply up the last dregs of BFL/alpaca on Monday for a total of 2500 yards (not all spun during the Tour). That should be plenty of yarn … Continue reading
July 24, 2012
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New Car!
Something else we fit in Sunday was the purchase of a new car. We had been procrastinating a bit because it was such a long drawn out miserable experience both times we bought a Honda. Toyota could not be more … Continue reading
July 23, 2012
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Yet more blocks
I did squeeze in time for 5 more blocks for the graduation quilt yesterday. I’m getting there, slowly but surely!
July 22, 2012
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Boston fun
We had a really nice time in Boston celebrating Jason’s birthday. We stopped at Penzey’s in Arlington on our way in yesterday because I had a gift certificate that wasn’t working online. We had lunch at Neptune’s and it was … Continue reading
July 21, 2012
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Cinnamon Rolls, take two
Jason and I are spending the night in Boston so, of course, I had to leave some extra provisions for the boy. These cinnamon rolls turned out perfectly now that I’ve tweaked the recipe. I start by splitting my sourdough … Continue reading
