craftvent 2016 update.
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| meri has made progress on the Craftvent 2016 Advent knitting calendar she received as a gift earlier this month. |
Monthly Archive: December 2016
craftvent 2016!
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| meri receives a knitting advent calendar in the mail, and glee and hand-clapping and gushing ensues. |
[TiML] We have met the enemy.
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| In which I once again discover that I have not, in fact, lost my very special ability to injure myself in strange and somewhat humorous ways. |
Ask the [Knitting] Hive Mind: What neck-thing would you knit with this skein?
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I have one (1) skein of Handmaiden Camelspin (70% silk, 30% camel), and would like to knit a neck-centric accessory with it and is soliciting suggestions.
So, I have this skein of yarn.
Several years ago, I bought a skein of yarn at a shop in Worcester, Massachusetts.1 It’s made by Handmaiden Fine Yarns, the makers of one of my favorite yarns ever: Sea Silk (70% silk, 30% sea cell). As mentioned above, the yarn in question is Camelspin (70% silk, 30% camel). A dozen years or so ago, everyone was declaring that camel was going to be the Next Big Thing™ in the fiber world. To the best of my knowledge, that never really materialized.2 I remember finding some baby camel at a yarn shop in Delaware about a decade ago, and then have no recollection of seeing any more of it until I encountered a couple dozen skeins in Worcester. (more…)