Sarah Jane Humke

The life of a traveling, reading, writing, spining and knitting shepherdess.

So, in the past month I have been to both The Netherlands and Wales. And I’ve blogged about neither of them. Part of this is that I was total crap about photography on both trips.  On the trip to Wales, I’m pretty sure that my camera never even came out of my backpack!  I don’t …

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I’ve had a ton of people asking me what I’ve been doing since KC.  The week after KC I spent in Shetland with the J&S group.  I will blog about it, but I have a lot to write (and until recently, hadn’t felt like writing all that much!)  However, what I have spent a lot …

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So, last night I got a bug up my butt and decided to learn how to Navajo ply my spun singles.  For those of you not into spinning, Navajo plying is a technique that is essentially like making the base chain for crochet except with a spinning wheel that keeps trying to twist your chain …

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Saturday the hubby and I went to Coventry for the UK Ravelry Day.  On the way there, we stopped in Leighton Buzzard and picked-up a lady whom I had met on a UK Ravelry Day forum offering and looking for rides.  Her name is Tini and we honestly could not have had a better car …

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I hinted yesterday that I would have a post of all of the goodies that I got while in Edinburgh today so here it is!  I primarily got yarns at 2 shops, K1 Yarns and the department store John Lewis.  The reason for the John Lewis expenditure is two-fold.  First, they had some Noro Kureyon, …

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