I’ve not just been feeding baby goats and learning about Iowan politics lately. I’ve also been spinning! You might remember me posting about the Easyknits dyed Merino that I was spinning into (really) fine singles. Well, I filled three bobbins with that wool and plied them together to make a really lush, soft and just …
So I have started my spinning again. I couldn’t for the first few weeks that I was here because the wheel was in transport. Then once it got here I needed to find the rest of the bits of it as they were packed away in the bewilderingly labeled boxes. By the time that I …
I know that I’m not the only person doing a seriously skimpy Christmas this year with the economy and unemployment being what they are. But what if you need a present for some sort of gift exchange or for a person who’s given you a pressie that you feel the need to return the deed. …
So, Christmas is fast approaching. For anyone not believing me, just go into any department store and check-out the Christmas displays and music piping from the ceilings. Christmas is on it’s way people! This year, Christmas isn’t going to be a big one for me. With the move and no job and everything else going …
So, all of my stuff was loaded into a container and left the London Thamesport on the 29th of September on the good ship (at least I hope it’s good!) Hoechst Express which is owned and operated by Hapag-Lloyd which is a German shipping company. The ship is “expected” on the 20th of October in …
I’ve not given a lot of space here to my knitting and crocheting projects of late as other aspects of my life have taken-up a great deal of my time. That doesn’t mean, however, that I’ve not been working on anything. On the contrary, I worked on an afghan right up until the movers packed …
6:30am Milo the insane cat wakes me up with scratching and meowing at the bedroom door. She is definitely freaked out by this move. Hopefully the movers will be able to clear the spare bedroom completely today so that I could open up the attic for her to go up into. The attic is her …
Last week I did something insane. I mean, really, really nuts. I woke-up at 1am to fly to Germany to visit the Wollmeise store while they were having their annual summer sale. Yeah, I really did. Honestly. I even have pictures! I took the 6am flight from Gatwick to Munich on Easyjet. I didn’t want …
Holy crap, that knitting just FLEW by! I love it when a pattern (in this case Simple Things by Mary-Heather Cogar) and a yarn (Skein Queen‘s Entwist in A Christmas Carol from the Knit magazine sock club) come together so very perfectly. At least in my opinion. The shawlete is a tad on the colorful …
I’ve had the strongest urge to start a new project for the past few days and I’ve kept stuffing it back down saying, “When I get done with this project…”. Well, that project had to go take an emergency bath and I allowed myself to cast-on a new project. I’ve really wanted to do something …
Sarah Jane Humke 