I'm a whitey ford

Warning : the white hue of my skin may blind you. But this paleness is indicative of a few things.

1. Insane busyness with the gainful employment. WOW. Its true, even if you don't believe me ;)

2. Sick. Allergies are out of control and have spiraled into infections. Its ugly. And gross.

3. I've been in the house spinning and knitting!!!! YAY!

So what have I done with myself? How about a finished Snezi Shrug?



Pattern : Snezi Oversized Shrug, from Sensual Knits
Yarn : Noro Cash Iroha
Needle : Takumi Bamboo Circs 10.5 US

This needs a good shrink down. The silk content of the yarn is stretching it out a bit and its oversized to start with. I won't show you the back, because it looks like I'm wrapped in a burlap sack. But if you're on Rav, you can check it out for yourself ;)

And of course, there is spinning, a love with which I cannot be parted for long :




Soon I'm going to set up a gallery of customer knits! I can't believe what people have made with my handspun! If you have made something, please share :)

I'm a bad blogger

I'm a bad blogger, and I've decided I'm ok with that. Perhaps I'd be better if not for Ravelry, which takes up most of my time with infinite distraction possibilities. Not that I'm complaining about that. Love the Rav. Just saying, I'd prolly be better at updating. ;)

So, the shop is in full swing. That means spinning at sweatshop speeds. And, I'll be making an appearance at a local fair doing spinning and selling yarn. Yep. The big time. You know what that means, right? I had to call in the feds. My tax ID number is on the way. EEK! I'm a real business owner now?!

Remarkably, there is still knitting going on. I know when I got the wheel I was pretty much ready to throw in my stash for the sake of fiber spinning, but thanks to The Yarn Snob, I was sucked back into it. Sucked in, and enveloped in a sea of Malabrigo Lace goodness that we can only call... Ene.









I did this Ene's Scarf in the most fun KAL ever, a transatlantic yarn snob Ene-a-thon. We laughed (wrong but lovely lace pattern), we cried (multiple cast ons, running out of yarn) and in the end, we blocked. We're happy. And we're taking applications for knitters to cast on for us to start again. Any takers? Only 375 stitches!! I've got some Smooshy that's crying out to be the Ene for the fall season.

So now I've got a Snezi Shrug on the sticks, from Sensual Knits. Everyone is right about this book. There are three things I wanted to cast on right away. Snezi, the Seeded Cables Cardigan, and the Loop Shawl. Seeded cables is next, to be done in some Classy (I mean Smooshy Worsted) I scored in a rav destash today. Cloud jungle. I'm hoping for slightly better wear than with the Malabrigo Polar Morn I originally intended.

Coming soon... Snezi pics. Cash Iroha. Yum.

i'm excited...

i've been quiet. but i've also been working on a couple test knits for The Plucky Knitter, i've travelled to Colorado, California, and Chicago *yes, all since my last post!* and tonight I used my night home to finally open my etsy shop!!! YAY!!!! Check it out :)