Knitter, yarn addict, writer, reader, handspinner, dyer, animal lover, and jaded optimist all rolled into one quirky Canadian girl living in the southern Maine.

I judge the value of items by how much yarn it could buy.

Personal Twitter: Gnomenapper

Etsy Shop: Dyeing for Ewe

Etsy Twitter: Dyeingforewe

(I do have an intro post, but it's friends locked.)
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I like:

Yarn (natural fibers mainly, but I do appreciate a nice soft acrylic)
Handspinning
Dyeing fiber
Knitting/crochet
DIY
Handmade
The Internet (LJ, etsy, brizzly, ravelry, hulu)
TV (Misfits, True Blood, Doctor Who, Merlin, Bones, Supernatural, The Office)
Reading (anything. I'm a book whore)
My scooter
Movies
Art
Writing (original fiction mainly)
Animals ( ( Read more... )

I spent today sewing a knitting bag in my studio! Thanks to lattesaremylife I had a great tutorial to work from. Also thanks to my fabric addiction I had some fun fabrics to choose from... and away I went.

It's pretty basic stuff, but I thought it would be fun to document for the future. I'm really happy!

The tutorial is from In Color OrderOkay first up, I ( Read more... )

A sewing machine! I've wanted to learn since my Mum used to sew me capes when I was little, but then I went through a phase where I refused to do "girlie housewife martha stewart" stuff. Thankfully I grew up and now I'm addicted to checking out fabrics, and just need the machine to be able to sew cute things.

Two main thingsL\:
1) I day off down, 2 to go. Totally feel like I wasted today sleeping too late- but I got the stockings up and the mantle (mantel?) decorated. 
2) I wish I hadn't had that 3rd guiness.

Buy a house, entirely with cash. Nothing extravagant though, just an old house (love the old new england homes! Like a 100 year old one with a ton of character) with a yard and maybe a wee bit of land.
Pay off our bills/cars.
Help family.
Go to Italy/France/England/Ireland/Scotland

I figure that would take care of maybe half- then save the rest.

 I was asked what a kettlebell is and thought I'd take a moment (wow I'm posty today!) to explain.
Please don't take this as any sort of expert advice. I'm brand new at the kettlebell myself, but really enjoying it!

Okay so the kettlebell is a round weight with a handle. You can get all sorts of weights, but you really want it to be heavy because a ( Read more... )

 This made me smile

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