Problem isn't that I don't believe the instructions. It's that I don't grok them, and given that this is manual dexterity (not my strong suit), I need to see this in action.

Between youtube tutorials and the original instructions, I think I get it now.

Or at least, I hope so.

Following instructions for what to do when one turns the heel of the sock - even when following the "best tutorial on the internet" for it - I am grasping at the proverbial straws...

Youtube, rescue me!

Utterly gorgeous hemp yarns at Lana Knits - Hemp for Knitting - which is at least in Canada.

In BC.

*sigh*

Great stuff on the west coast at Lana.

Great stuff on the east coast - Handmaid yarns, FibreArtist....

Here in Ontario? Not so much....

As those of you who've paid attention before know, I am in lust with many of the yarns at Near Sea Naturals - they have organic animal & plant based yarns - bamboo, merino, cotton, "banana silk", hemp - really lovely , reasonably priced, and a format of materials that calls to my wanna-be-hippy side ( Read more... )

So I've got the first sleeve more or less sewn in - still have about 3" left (need to thread up new yarn to finish it).

woodardp tried it on ( Read more... )

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Colours and Yarns of HandMaiden Yarns (from FleeceArtist) in Nova Scotia. Dear gods, some of that stuff is beautiful. I also really like the idea of the SeaSilk (70% silk, 30% seaweed ( Read more... )

Spinrite is having a sale Feb 26-Mar 10. Closed Sundays. There's a bunch of the yarns that are on for a buck a ball, plus they've got the factory seconds on for 20 cents per ounce.

Just information....

KW has a cancer centre ( Read more... )

I'm getting done fighting with yarn skeins...