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Canary Wings, Frost & Quicksilver
2008-02-08 05:00:00 Canary Wings : Frost : My baby, Quicksilver : Sorry for two posts in one day, but I finally got these three photographed and in the shop… I just had to share the photos with you guys! paustin bri-bri
Have Wings, Will Cliff Jump For Yarn
2008-02-07 20:49:00 I am exhausted. I’ve lost weight from skipping meals. The washer broke this past weekend. (But is working now.) The vacuum died the same day. (And is not working now.) I am exhausted. I’ve gotten maybe three rounds on my Fireworks sock done. I’m out of several important dye supplies, that won’t get here until tomorrow. I’ve got yarns to list in the shop. Laundry to fold. Did I mention that I’m exhausted? But I’m so damn happy. I feel like I’ve jumped off a cliff head first with a running start and discovered that I’ve had wings all along. It’s exhilarating, terrifying and I’m loving every second of it. It’s amazing what three cones of yarn and the faith of friends and strangers alike can do to someone’s entire life. Heh. That’s a lot of yarn… and yet, I’ve got this killer urge to order more. And then roll around in it naked. But I’m not, really, I’m not. Well, not rolling... More About: Yarn , Wings , Jump , Cliff
In The Shop: Limón, Picante & Soon Sock Yarn
2008-02-04 05:59:00 Limón & Picante are in the shop now! Limón: Picante: Picante and Limón ARE 50% off until the end of February, just like all of the other worsted and bulky yarns! Also, I’m hoping to have three hanks of sock yarn in the shop tomorrow - one blue (Frost), one yellow (Canary Wings) and one ... More About: Shop , Yarn
Wowsa? THANK YOU!
2008-02-02 04:13:00 Today one of my hand spuns made the front page of Etsy. No, really. See? Jocelyn, the purveyor of hand spun and hand dyed yarn and knitter of fantastic hats and neckwarmers was the one who spotted Margarita this morning and most kindly took a screen shot and emailed it to me. It was only for ... More About: Day To Day
February Shop Specials
2008-02-01 02:00:00 Houston, we have a problem. For some reason, it just clicked recently that I have a lot of yarn arriving next week, and not enough places to stick it! Doh. But wait, I’m thinking. Since good chunk of my yarn storage is taken up by the worsted and bulky weight yarns, I’ll just run a ... More About: Specials , Shop , February
Exhausted, One Big Picture
2008-01-31 03:45:00 I’m about to drop dead from exhaustion right now, due to the combination of lot of dye work being done very fast, not one, but three, sick Yarn Babies and 5 hours of sleep or less a night. I’m about drooling on my keyboard I’m so tired! But before I went and collapsed in ... More About: Picture , Big Picture
DEADLINES! Eeeeeek!
2008-01-28 21:56:00 It’s only because I have a deadline to meet this week! I’ve got to dye 7 or more hanks of sock yarn in under three days, two if I can. Which might not seem that bad, except that it takes me 24 hours to just get each one dyed! (The results are so worth ... More About: Day To Day
Fireworks Sock Numero Uno
2008-01-28 02:33:00 One down, second cast on! And the first one actually fits, yay. Look, it’s the toe: Instep side of the sock. It’s a very… ‘artistic’ sock! Colors are a bit off in this one, but this is the top of the sock: The pattern was essentially made up on the fly, 70 sts, toe up, on US 1’s. *K1, ... More About: Fireworks
In Which I Prove My Brain Really IS Fried.
2008-01-26 05:13:00 I am so glad it is Friday, and that Friday is done! This has been a heck of a week, and today was just the kind of day to end it. Completely and totally random. I went to bed last night feeling crummy, the beginnings of a cold kicking in. I woke up this ... More About: Brain , Day To Day , Fried , Prove
One of Those Days + New Shop
2008-01-23 23:34:00 I have no idea where my brain went today. After an overdye going horribly awry, fighting with databases to get the new shop set up and The Yarn Babies boycotting naps… I’m not even sure my brain is in residence anymore. (Hours spent trying to get the shop’s database just functioning on Monday, Tuesday and ... More About: Shop , Days , Day To Day
Lots of Yarn Porn
2008-01-23 05:16:00 I’ve been AWOL for the past two weeks, and I appologize! I’ve been working on getting the shop set up on the server we’re hosted with, and have run into snag after snag. Needless to say, it’s taken a lot more time than expected. But I did get some yarns completely finished. And took pictures ... More About: Yarn
Short & Sweet: Some Sock Yarns
2008-01-13 02:34:00 These aren’t in the shop yet, and still need some reskeining (you can see how messy they are) and a real photo shoot before they get listed - but wanted to share what I’ve been up to lately. Olive Green: Black (ok, it’s really hard to shoot solid black yarns.): These three started as the same color, but ... More About: Sweet , Short
Unexpected, But Much Needed, Knitty Kindness
2008-01-12 01:28:00 I had this long post written up about how I donated sock yarn to the Ravelry Sock Knitters Anonymous’ November Sockdown, how the contest worked, who ‘my’ winner was and how she lived in Canada and how I was concerned about shipping internationally. And then I come back to finish the post and hit refresh ... More About: Kindness , Day To Day
Still Kicking!
2008-01-07 20:20:00 I’m still here, still working, still reading! A lot has happened this past week, and there is a lot to get done still! I’ve got a pile of dyed yarn waiting for tags, some waiting for reskeining, some drying. Lots of tagging, lots of pictures to take, lots of listings to write! The goal is ... More About: Day To Day , Kicking
Yarn Photo Shoot
2008-01-04 06:15:00 After much thinking and debating, I took some time today to experiment with how the yarns are photographed. Probably spent a good 30 minutes trying out different layouts before, almost on accident, I found one I liked. And to tell you guys the truth, I really wasn’t sure I liked it when I was shooting ... More About: Photo , Photo Shoot , Yarn , Shoot
Happy New Year!
2008-01-01 22:59:00 Happy New Year everyone!! How did your New Year’s Eve go? Did you go out and ring in the new year? Did you stay home and watch the ball drop? Did you spend the evening knitting and completely forget it was New Year’s Eve? (We didn’t do much exciting, unless you count playing computer ... More About: Happy , Happy New Year , Day To Day
Dyes, Mordants and Colorful Counters
2007-12-30 05:30:00 Today was mix everything up for the next week day. I only had tiny amounts of stock solutions left in three colors ? red, green, ivory. Seeing as how Christmas was over a week ago… hehe. Time to mix all them dyes again! So down come the dyes, out come the dye solution containers and measuring ... More About: Colorful , Day To Day , Counters , Morda
Shoulda Stayed In Bed!
2007-12-28 05:11:00 Today was one of those days where I really wish I could have just stayed in bed! It makes me tired just to think about thinking about the whole day so as to write about it again. It was one of those days. I don’t have any new yarn pictures, though I did get some sock ...
Yarn P0rn & WIP Sock Picture - Picante, Limón & Fireworks!
2007-12-26 20:56:00 P0rn with a zero because I recently had visitors looking for belly dancer porn, and um… that’s a search term I’m not trying to come up for! Belated Merry Christmas to everyone! I hope it was everything you had hoped for - complete with lots of YARN! (The Husband got me a video game ... More About: Picture , Yarn , Fireworks , Pica
Picante Limón Goldfish Bullets? Wha?
2007-12-25 04:37:00 Picante Limón Goldfish Bullets … I am so brain fried! It’s been a heck of a busy ‘weekend’ - so let’s go with a bulleted list tonight in lieu of a ‘real’ post. You can forgive me for this slacking, yes? - Limón, the new very pretty, yellow yarn has been dyed, dried and ... More About: Pica
So Much To Do, So Little Motivation To Do It!
2007-12-23 19:35:00 It’s noon and I have gotten nothing done. I still have yarn that needs to be wound into balls and then into hanks, laundry that needs doing, and only half a sock knit. Beds need making, floors need vacuuming, dishes need washing, counters need wiping and yarn needs dyeing. There is web work that needs ... More About: Motivation , Day To Day
Goldfish & Black Yarns, Color Question
2007-12-22 22:39:00 Two new yarns in the works - Goldfish and a yet unnamed black sock yarn. (Though I’ve gotten some awesome suggestions for names!) Goldfish is the orange, and the black is well, the black one! One hank of the black is going to need an over dye, as parts are more silvery-grey-blue than black. For the ... More About: Color , Question , Black
Home Sweet Home!
2007-12-21 02:57:00 We’re back! Everyone had a blast - the Yarn Babies with their Grandparents, Aunt & Uncle, and my husband and I with the previously mentioned Aunt and Uncle - even if we all are tired and pretty sore. Disney was a lot bigger than I expected! Still, even though we all had a ton ... More About: Home , Sweet , Day To Day , Home Sweet Home
Just a Quickie
2007-12-16 05:00:00 Just a quick entry, before I go climb in the tub and call it a night! I spent the day alternating between cleaning the house, folding laundry and winding sock yarn off of one of the two cones I have. This was after being up until 2am last night, dyeing two pounds of yarn in the ... More About: Day To Day
Brief Update & My Mom
2007-12-14 17:01:00 Eight yarns are in the shop. I’m doing three more colors in the bulky and worsted, and then starting on sock yarns. I’ll be gone most of next week, starting on Sunday. My mom is in the hospital. She was in a bad car accident. She’s alive and aware, and still has all feeling, but ... More About: Update , Day To Day
New Yarns In The Shop!
2007-12-13 02:42:00 I’ve been working really hard the past two days to catch up and get the four new yarns in the shop - currently have two in the shop, and will be listing more between now and tomorrow night. In lieu of resizing photos and linking to the individual yarn listings, I leave you with ... More About: Shop
Before & After: Lotsa Yarn
2007-12-12 03:14:00 Finally. All 8 pounds of yarn dyed, dried and hanked. Just waiting to be twisted up and tagged. The top two are the new ones: It took longer than expected, what with the gimp fingers still recovering from the burns, but it is done. They just await the (also finished today) hang tags and final photos ... More About: Yarn
Alive, But Beaten Up A Bit
2007-12-10 18:50:00 I burned my right index and middle finger Friday, and spend the afternoon in the ER. I was discharged with a bag full of Silver Sulfadiazine cream, prescription Motrin and Vicodin, and told to keep my fingers wrapped, dry and to not pop the blisters. Most of the pain is gone, as long as I ... More About: Day To Day , Alive
Adventures In Locating Citric Acid
2007-12-06 19:08:00 I really, truly just wanted anhydrous citric acid. That is it. Citric acid powder. The powder form of what gives citrus fruits their bite. It’s not toxic, it’s not rare, it’s not dangerous - but it’s really hard to find! paustin bri-bri The two youngest Yarn Babies and I started our adventures yesterday at Lowe’s, ... More About: Acid , Adventures , Day To Day , Loca , Ventures
What Matters Most Isn?t the Felted Yarn in the Closet
More articles from this author:2007-12-06 04:50:00 At the end of the day, what matters most isn’t the felted yarn in the closet. It’s not what I didn’t get done, or that my hands are nearly every shade between blue and red, with a bit of green for good luck. It doesn’t bother me that my nails are quick-short, with remnants of ... More About: About , Day To Day , Yarn , Closet , Matters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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