- January 28, 2023
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As you know, I've been deep cleaning all month. I've finished our bedroom and bath but still have the closets to finish. Not much decluttering to do in there but it's still slow going. Since then I've jumped around the house, cleaning this or that as I feel like it. My kitchen is mostly finished with just the cupboard doors to wash down. I didn't have much to declutter in the kitchen either because I was so thorough last year, but the knitting room? Well, there was a lot to declutter there and that is how I spent my morning--making a mess so I could make it tidy. See that picture above? That's not even all my yarn. I keep all my yarn in this Ikea cabinet pictured below, and this is what it looks like after I decluttered. This morning it was stuffed to the gills and looked very untidy.
- January 20, 2023
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Every Christmas and birthday I ask for yarn, and this year was I was gifted with some real beauties. Scroll down and have a peek:
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A sweaters worth of Rowan Island Blend in white. The yarn is very squishy and soft. I think this will be a V neck pullover because I love a plain V neck made out of gorgeous wool. I'm dreaming of going out to dinner in 2021 and wearing it with black pants and heels. Maybe with my pearl earrings and a chunky bracelet. Order a glass of wine. See lots of people. You can tell I haven't been out in a long time 🙋 |
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Two dozen Freia minikins in what is supposed to be a box of neutrals, although there are quite a few pops of color among the neutrals. Maybe it will be a luxurious afghan, but I think I can get 2, maybe 3 sweaters out of this loveliness. |
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Rowan Selects Patinia in a pretty mid brown. It has the most beautiful shimmery golden highlights dancing through the strands. Intended to be a cardigan with balloon sleeves. |
Aren't yarny gifts the best kind of gift? Take care and I'll see you back here in 2021. xo Kristen
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Here's my yule log from Christmas Day. It turned out fabulous and I made it with ice cream and cookie crumbs, not cake. We think it was the best one yet. I'll see if I can write up the recipe. It's a keeper, and so easy. |
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- December 28, 2020
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Hello! I dashed through Stitches West yesterday. Literally ran through in two hours. I didn't really have the time to go this weekend, but this fantastically colossal knitting event is only 20 minutes from my home and I hated to miss it! I arrived early, ran though once, and bought a few things that caught my eye the first time around. Usually I get the lay of the land by walking through once, taking notes and pictures, then going back to make my purchases. Not this year. It was a good show and I'm glad I went even for a few hours. Lots of indie dyers were showing their yarns but I saw less speckles, and the speckles I saw where more subdued, or maybe not and I'm just used to it all now. I did see some breed specific yarns that I would have liked to spend time exploring, but that will have to wait until next year. I was happy to see that some of the biggies like Yoth, Rowan, and Shibui had great booths. The lines there were long, but I can get that yarn at my LYS anyway, so it was easy to walk past. I was looking for things I cannot find at home. I saw lots of kits to make Andrea Mowry, Joji Locatelli and Boyland Knits sweaters. I think kits are a great idea and was tempted, but was not in the end, but people were swooning and it's just fun to be in the middle of all that!
This is my loot:
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| Stunning String Studio had a fantastic booth with yarns in hundreds of colors. I bought this mini set for a baby cardigan. |
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I love the subdued speckled fade kit from Leading Men Fibers to make Suvi Sumola's Ground Pepper. Last year I was going to buy this kit, and when I went back they were all gone. Lesson learned. I love the pattern, but may actually make something else with the yarn. Maybe something with lace. I seem to be into lace right now.
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| Destination Yarn had gorgeous yarns. Here's my idea for the mini set above and below: since the colors in both sets look great with each other, I'm thinking of adding a charcoal Kidsilk Haze as a carrying yarn and making something moody, maybe fady or stripy. Who knows. It's fun to imagine! For some reason, all the yarn I bought yesterday was fingering weight. |
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- February 23, 2019
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