Author Archives: karen

Overcommitted

Posted on September 4, 2007 by karen

I’ve joined too many KAL’s; I have decided to finish up ‘My journey to a shawl’, using my knobbly homespun. But I will do the Bee-flower shawl and the Hanami on my own time, not in step with the online … Continue reading →

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Ravelry

Posted on August 21, 2007 by karen

I’m tired of Ravelry and I haven’t even been invited yet. 4798 to go. Soon, maybe next week, they’ll get their hoity-toity servers up and then I’ll get in, or maybe the next week, or maybe it’ll be just whenever … Continue reading →

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Here’s a Folly, and a Fine Folly it is…

Posted on August 16, 2007 by karen

Time for a folly on this blog: ©NTPL / Nick Meers Images © National Trust Photo Library (From The National Trust site: The Temple of Apollo with the Lake beyond. This circular temple is dedicated to Apollo, the sun god … Continue reading →

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Cleaning out

Posted on August 6, 2007 by karen

I’ve been cleaning up. And working. Last week my sisters showed up and we filled a dumpster, 20 cubic yards of trash and who-knows-what. We began in the loft of the barn, which had 10 years of stuff just dumped … Continue reading →

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Dyeing my spinning

Posted on July 17, 2007 by karen

I have a split personality: I am trying to spin and knit for ‘A journey to a shawl’, and I am trying to do the mystery stole#3. I dyed my NZ Romney a week ago Sunday with the butternuts and … Continue reading →

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Changed my mind

Posted on July 16, 2007 by karen

I have decided against the two ply brown wool, and am knitting ms3 in a black bamboo, Ornaghi from Italy. It may not block out to a large size, but it does drape nicely. The beads are a glass metallic … Continue reading →

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yarn and beads

Posted on July 3, 2007 by karen

This is the image for the end of the previous entry; I haven’t figured uploading pictures yet , obviously! Originally uploaded by kwonset

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Six Days of Sweat

Posted on July 3, 2007 by karen

Got home tonight from sister L’s house; moved some furniture, sorted, tossed, labeled, sorted, tossed, and generally probably made it look nicer but no doubt it will be a source of confusion as no one will know where anything is. … Continue reading →

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Spin, work, work, and more work

Posted on June 29, 2007 by karen

I am having trouble typing as the shift key on the left is kaput — and it’s the one I use 95% of the time. I hit the return key instead of ‘shift’ and it sends the blog off to … Continue reading →

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Romney Roving

Posted on June 23, 2007 by karen

This is the yarn I spun last night from the NZ Romney top I got from RH Lindsay’s, still some overspun squiggles and some underspun fluffs— but it went smoothly and I think I’m getting the tension better, at least … Continue reading →

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