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Tour de Fleece, day 1

Ginger — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:00:05 +0000

After fortifying ourselves with a hearty breakfast, the gals and I headed down to the Third Place Books Commons for a little quality time with our spinning wheels.

I had planned on starting the tour with a new project, what is it they say about plans . . . anyway, I ended up finishing off [...]

look . . . spinning

Ginger — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:53:29 +0000

I bet you all had just about given up on ever seeing any fiber content on this blog again. Well, I fooled you . . . right? . . . no? You mean you all knew I was just a slacker and eventually I would post again? Okay, that works too.

I signed up for the Tour de [...]

where has the time gone?

Ginger — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:43:34 +0000

Well, last you saw me MIL was hospitalized, Dad was going in for brain surgery and I was knitting my fingers to the bone. MIL is doing better, she’s in a recovery center . . . ummm . . . recovering. Dad had his surgery and came out of this one better than the last, yay.

Bubba brought home [...]

yarn goodness

Ginger — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:30:48 +0000

This arrived yesterday (mouseover to see what’s inside):

I know, you’re shocked! Me, buy yarn? Never happens! Umm, yeah. Of course the whole box of yarn wasn’t for me, half was for Emma. In fact I just got back from dropping off her yarn. This yarn is for me, for Dad’s blanket:

I started [...]

i’ve been thinking

Ginger — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:05:22 +0000

. . . about my knitting/fiber goals for next year. With only 10 days left in 2007 it is apparent that some of my goals for 2007 will not be realized (no, I’m not going to make it easy for you and link to my list of 2007 failuresgoals) and that perhaps I should go for more general [...]

slippery slope

Ginger — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:11:57 +0000

The slippers are going well, Hubby’s and Bug’s are finished, I’ve finished one of Bubba’s and I have the yarn for mine and for a pair for my mom. From dishcloth crazy to slipper crazy . . . oh well . . . could be [...]

over the hump

Ginger — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:57:05 +0000

. . . I think.

I am no longer making dish/washcloths at a frantic pace and I even finished a sock, knit a pair of slippers for Hubby, and started slippers for the kids. I think this a step in the right direction.

Hubby’s slippers, pre-felting, are so big that when I put my hand into them they reach my elbow.

The [...]

dishcloth madness

Ginger — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:37:02 +0000

This Thanksgiving weekend I succumbed to Dishcloth Madness. I took up the challange to knit ten dishcloths by the end of December in the Reclaiming the Home group on Ravelry. After the first dishcloth, knit on Thanksgiving day, I seemed to lose my mind and so far I have knit nine and the tenth is on the [...]

not what I was going for

Ginger — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:53:46 +0000

Another Garterlac dishcloth, designed by Dave at Criminy Jickets, this time in Sugar’n Cream Stripes. Started and finished yesterday.

This was not the best pairing of yarn and pattern. In my defense I had never worked with the yarn before and was thinking gradual color changes not the abrupt color changes actually in the yarn. [...]

photo update

Ginger — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:03:17 +0000

sock yarn from Dragonfibers

sock for child (actually I’m much further along now)

that’s all [...]