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Are you ready? Have you set your challenge? July 3rd is the last date you can register and the Tour kicks off on the 5th! I’ve narrowed my challenge down to either spindeling 400gms of mohair/wool blend for a shawl or spinning up on the wheel the long neglected Shetland I started to spin up [...]

I’m undecided as to the name of my new bike. The list has been narrowed down to the two listed above and now I’m stuck. When I look at the bike I see a 50-ish year old eccentric Englishman who owns an antiquarian book store (think an older looking Aziraphale), or if your my family: [...]

I’m trying my hand at crochet…again. I tried to figure it out on my own but I was getting frustrated, after a short visit with Denny got me sorted out and I was away to the races. The infamous Anne scarf, the yarn is Manos Del Uruguay Silk Blend and the hook is a 4.5mm. [...]

It was a super hard decision and I tried, I really tried but this past weekend it became painfully obvious, Rosie and I are just not working out. At first I thought it was me, my inexperience with riding the streets of Toronto causing some anxiety and it kept me from being open to what [...]

Friday night I finishes plying the rest of the Corriedale! There is 17 skeins of yarn of presently unknown yardage…going to either invest in a McMorran Yarn Balance or go all off grid/Olde Schoole (yes the “e’s” are intentional, it implies extra age!) and actually count the # of wraps. I’m estimating from the pile [...]

That’s it we are stopping Abi’s naps! She woke us up at 4:45AM, also know as OH GAWD O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING!!! Most kids out grow naps somewhere between 2-4 years old, Abi has almost from the start been a really good night sleeper but light on the naps. She was over a year old [...]

Can you see it? Let me give you a hint: Still not sure what your looking at? Let me explain: Abi took scissors to my warp. It has been repaired and no, I didn’t commit and act of violence. I need some sort of a room where I can safely store my projects from scissor [...]

The blog has been high on speculation but low on proof lately, a few hours with a fully charged camera would remedy this but that seems to be a tall order right now! Until then I shall entertain you with a list of my fluffy happenings: I am 2/3 (I think, it’s hard to tell) [...]

Learn to Roll with It! Seriously, this has got to be the number one rule because shit happens when you have kids and if you can’t roll with it your gonna have problems. Let me give you an example: This Morning I was all set to head out to my dentist for a cleaning then [...]

This whole weaving/spinning jag thing has me giving my stash a long hard look and I’m showing it little mercy. There is now a good sized bag of yarn that I’m going to donate and few other bags who’s contents are going to be sold. The final decision lies in whether to sell my Ashford [...]