Archive For June, 2008

Fifth Time In Two Weeks ~

By | June 18, 2008

Power outages. The culprit? A very large, very old oak tree decided to come down right across our lines. Quite sure all the storms and super windy conditions had everything to do with it. Come Away With Me – MCN Fingering Beaujolais – Merino Fingering Superwash Desperado – MCN Sport Weight Character – MCN Fingering [...]

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You Pick It, You Knit It~

By | June 12, 2008

First full skein of handspun.   I’ve now knit five sweaters.  Four adult (the first of which was significantly too large, the second one landed in Plucky Girls hands and the third, well, there was a raglan issue, the fourth, the bind off was too tight – I’ll eventually get around to fixing that) and [...]

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Observations ~

By | June 11, 2008

Three weeks into  my new  ”routine” (I’m using that term very losely at the moment – still  hammering out the new routine details)  and here are some things I’ve learned and observed. The Good.The Bad.The Different.   Over-extended. Over-taxed. Streched way too thin. Boy, was I ever.  Like streched to the breaking point. It’s funny [...]

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Handspun Eye Candy & Some Questions ~

By | June 10, 2008

Ellen tagged me. The rules: Are posted at the beginning. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know [...]

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You guys have been busy this past year~

By | June 9, 2008

You ~   Went back to school Graduated Became pregnant Had a baby(ies) Left your job(s) Started new careers Broke-up Got married Fell in love And so much more. Wow you guys have been busy too! What a kick I got out of reading your comments. Because I want to share and, well, because I [...]

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Plucky Classics & Swag ~

By | June 6, 2008

I won’t spoil it for those of you who haven’t received your package yet, but I did want to tell you how much I am loving coming up with the colorways, bases, swag  and inspirations for the club shipments. And, speaking of swag, your shipment next month will have two little goodies… Just thought I’d [...]

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