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Ok, I confess, I got tired of the heat and decided I needed to cool off a bit so I took a little drive to The Black Sheep in Encinitas and the beach of course. So what came home with me, some Reglia Bamboo sock yarn and 2 cones of Habu Textiles Wool Stainless Steel. [...]
When I fall I fall big….. Went to a fishbowl yarn sale yesterday and bought the Mountain colors, Koigu and Debi Bliss Cotton angora in the middle. Some how ended up in Long Beach this morning and 2 skns of Lorna’s Laces Helen’s lace followed me home. Ok, so it’s starting to look like yarn [...]
Bless me knitters for I have aquired stash. It has been 1 month and 1 day since my last stash aquisition. I did it, I went a month without buying yarn !!!! Don’t know how but at least i know I can do it…see it’s not an addiction really it is I can stop buying [...]
May I proudly present Llama Llama Ding Dong. I know it’s a strange name, but he’s been called llama by Marie and I now for a few days in chat and last night he became a ding dong, not quite sure how that all happened but here he is. The yarn is llama and hand [...]
I finally went out and checked out Stick and Stone last week, and look what followed me home. From left to right: Baby Alpaca- black; Cashmere/Silk; Baby Camel/Silk; Optim; and the last 3 on the right are Merino/Tussah Silk (I think I’ll ply the last 3 together) I took a trip down to La Petite [...]
Mom and Dad just got back from Peru. Before they left I asked Mom to pick me up some Alpaca, should she run into any. They went to a farm and look what they brought back for me. This is hand spun on spindles by the women as they walk around doing their daily duties, [...]
