Spent most of the morning deskeining my yarn, microwaving it and hanging it up to dry. Jim will be glad it's out of the freezer. I'm missing one of my knitting needles though, which makes me upset. Knitting with one needle is like some kind of zen thing, like the sound of one hand clapping... perhaps interesting philosophically, but not very ( Read more... )

Lately, I've had some projects going, and I feel like posting about them ( Read more... )

I have a question for all of you who do yarn crafts. I've been knitting with a couple of different kinds of yarn recently when I've discovered that the yarn has a break in the strand, halfway through the ball. Both yarns were wool, from craft stores; it's not expensive, high end yarn, but not cheapo acrylic stuff either. I'm wondering how common ( Read more... )