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...Too sick to blog. That was me for the last week and then some, and I'm sorry Dorothy!Dorothy is my newly-revealed secret pal, and she sent me this fabulous package of goodies. There were lots of tasty treats in there (yum!) as well as some beautiful and very welcome Cascade 220 (felted mittens, perhaps?), a little bottle of Eucalon (been meaning to try that!) and a refrigerator memo pad

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Hey, Gabrielle, I'm coming down the home stretch on the mittens!And for all of you who don't know; Gabrielle sent me this pretty rainbow-dyed alpaca singles yarn and I spun and dyed the blue/purple background color, and now, a long time later, I'm actually thinking I might finish this little (not so little!) project. That's my home-grown chart in the background; why oh why couldn't I have just

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Yesterday I carved some time out of my day to dye a few skeins of yarn. The ones on the left and right are to be made into the Look Ma No Purl scarf I posted an example of a little while ago. I just love that pattern, and the scarf I posted before, which of course is right here in my house, is never available because J just loves it. So...I need more! The purple/plum will be for my mother in

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Wow, look what came in yesterday's mail! A package from my Secret Pal!Along with all these goodies came a very sweet card, full of apologies for tardiness, but Secret Pal, don't worry. This package comes at an excellent time for me, what with stress and unprecedented busy-ness, and I don't think you should add to your own stress by worrying about me!! Also, in the card, my pal mentioned that

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You might remember this horrible, nightmarish image from a few week ago; the handiwork of a bored kitten while we were away on a trip. Well, what with blowing ornaments and paperweights and whatnot for the holiday season in the evenings and starting a new part time job during some of the days, I've been so busy it was a simple matter to exercise my right to denial, and just pretend this never

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If you remember, we went on a little trip. Away for over a week, first at a fabulous wedding of close friends, and then on to Central Pennsylvania to visit my partner's elderly parents.Long hours on the road. Lots of couch-sitting once there. Long slow days. Lots of knitting!! This is The Braids cardigan from Cabin Fever; nearly done! (well, more nearly done than before, anyway)The color in the

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Uh-oh a pictureless blog entry! We're having some technical difficulty here at Whorlygig; I have finally gotten an excellent camera, but my primary computer is too antiquated to use the card reader. This leads to a weird situation where I take the pictures, download them to the laptop (which is not always here, or available, and actually belongs to my partner's work) and then use either a CD or

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I've been away from my blog for too long. Its because I've been suddenly, kind of by surprise, trying to figure out my whole life. Everything feels alternately excitingly possible, and a little bit hopeless. Take the tank top, for intance. I love the yarn; it was worth the endless spinning. I love the drape. I love the pattern. And it fits! But...I want that bust line in the pattern to fit UNDER

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Here's the reincarnation of the shawl I ripped out and started over. Its a super-slow knit in this finer yarn, but its really pretty! Most of the way through my first color change, its looking like a sunrise, and I'm pleased with it; the colors are nice to be around...calm and quiet. Sadly, the photo doesn't do it justice; the colors are more subtle than they appear here. I can't knit this

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Well, that Amy Anderson is a total genius. If your LYS doesn't carry her patterns yet, you should probably run right down there and tell them they should. Not only is she a genius, she's also a friend mine. But really, she's also a design genius.This scarf is one of her patterns; its beauty and simplicity is just amazing. You need one skein of handpainted yarn, and one skein of some neutral

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Well, this is a little embarrassing, but...remember I spun and dyed some nice merino for the Koigu Keepsake Shawl? Well. I liked the dyed skeins and I was excited about the project, even though my yarn turned out a little plumper than Koigu. I cast on. I knit. I looked at my shawl-in-progress, and...I just couldn't bond with it. It was bright. It was intense. It was just not soothing, nurturing,

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My secret pal hostess is having a little contest, and asked us all to answer a few more questions, so here I go:1. What is the one knitting accessory you could not live without?Well, first of course, although my knitting is more like an accessory to it, is my spinning wheel, without which there would be no knitting! But also, I love tiny stitch markers, and often find I need several colors for

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The general atmosphere around my house this week is...catty. The kitten (Mattie) is adjusting well, and our big red tabby Ben is even starting to play with her a little bit now that a week has gone by. Its amazing how many toys one tiny kitten can use!This being the case, the urge to make cat toys hasn't let up. This week I bought those round cage-like plastic toys with a bell inside, and dug

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Ah, the secret pal phenomenon. I have been too pre-occupied in the last couple years to participate in any of these, other than a small, one skein a month one a year or so ago, which was a blast (Hi Gabrielle!). The timing seems right for the secret pal exchange starting now, so I've decided to jump in...here I go! Just skip over this questionnaire if you don't want to know just about

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We have been on vacation; a lovely, fabulous, restful, blissful vacation to Oregon, where we visited the coast (staying in a cabin right on the water!) and the mountains (so many of them!) and the desert (incredibly beautiful!) and spent time with friends who recently moved there. Somewhere in the excitement, one of us (who shall remain nameless) mentioned getting a kitten. Mattie, as it turns

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I have been lying in the hammock and knitting my blue tank top, and progress has been made. I decided, as you see, to knit in the round for less seaming and a (hopefully) better fit. I figure I've got nearly half done, since the bottom is considerably larger than the top.And that's not all I've been doing; not long ago I was at a little art fair selling my glass needles and I met a woman who had

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1) the power of grief to prevent posting (sorry about that!)...I really hope some of you are still out there and haven't totally forgotten me! 2) the power of being broke to inspire one to finish an enormous spinning project rather than spend $50 on yarn (yes, I spun up ALL that cotton/silk in an unprecendented binge)and 3) the power of a dyebath to alleviate a blue mood. I tied the skeins with

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I've been travelling back and forth between my house and Mom's house, trying to figure out what to do with all her possessions and getting her house ready to put on the market. All this has taken way WAY more time and emotional energy than I might have hoped...while at the same time being somehow just the right thing to be doing, most of the time. However, I sure haven't been home spinning (or

Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693028462352069189noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27285499.post-1171479755668762992007-02-14T10:58:00.000-08:002007-02-14T11:25:43.333-08:00

...and I finished her mittens and headband just in time! Of course, I had to look up kitchener stitch in Knitting Rules; until I read that description, I always found kitchener to be a strange, intuitive, and mostly unsuccessful adventure into the dark arts. Now its more of a foray into mysticism with clear directions. Thanks Harlot!The Little Red Haired Girl is our god daughter and she is

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You know, I really think that when both of us are sick for more than three overlapping days, someone ( God perhaps, or someone from The Heavenly Infimary...I don't know. Someone!) should really send in a maid. We can each take care of ourselves in a pinch, but who the heck is going to cook, do the dishes, move the laundry along, and vacuum the sneeze-inducing cat hair and multiplying dust bunnies

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Well, there's no good excuse for neglecting my blog for so long, but I'll put it down to grief, combined with the holidays. Since I'm a glass artist by trade, the holiday season is my busiest, and I often make about half of my annual income between October and the end of December. Combine that with the fact that since Nancy and my mother died I've found it hard to do anything at all some days,

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I came home to Madison the day after Mom's memorial service (which followed my sister in law's memorial service by a mere 6 weeks), stunned and sad. So overwhelming were the events of the summer, and really of the entire year, that I just needed to be home, and be quiet. After a few days...or was it a week? Or was it two? I decided I would make a goal of beginning to knit again. I knew it would

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Mary died at her Ann Arbor home on September 4, 2006. She is survived by her son and grandson (names deleted) of Ann Arbor; her daughter (me); and her brother, John of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, William, in 1999, and in July of this year by her daughter-in-law, Nancy with whom she had shared a home for many years.Mary was born on August 21, 1925, in

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How gorgeous is that roving?? Its so soft and beautiful, with a zillion colors of purple, blue, white, and a little touch of green. The fabulous Amy sent this to me! What a friend!What a way to get perked up to spin! Here is the yarn as singles; and here's the finished two ply yarn. I'm crazy about it! Its a little drapey and slightly crunchy from the silk content; its a merino/silk blend.I want

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August is the end of the One Skein Secret Pal event, and my totally fabulous pal sent me this gorgeous (hand dyed, hand spun, hand knit) stole! Its a beautifully soft merino mohair blend, and its so light, and pink, and soft, and slightly fuzzy, and just totally perfect for me! And now I know who she is, and you can go say hello yourself to the fabulous Gabrielle at

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Last month I bought my One Skein Secret Pal a skein of yarn. She wanted Rowan or Karabella, and I found her the most luscious skein I could, which turned out to be something soft and fuzzy from Rowan. For some reason I've been shy to spin for her; what if she doesn't like it? But on the other hand, I can send her a lot bigger skein this way, and it'll be something unique! I almost NEVER knit with

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You heard it here first; Martha has actually finished something. Not just a pillow, either!This is my first-ever handspun sweater! Big Blue Fuzz! I spent quite awhile trying to figure out how to make fuzzy, light, mohair yarn. In the end I core spun it. This is the core: black merino/silk blend, drafted as finely as possible. After drafting, I wound it into little balls that I could spin

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All was going well. I dyed the roving red and orange in the microwave, just like in an earlier post. Then I cooled it. Then I rinsed it, and put it in the washer to spin, then it was time to dry it. Hot. Humid. Nothing dry within miles. Hm. Oh, what a great idea! Put it in the oven! Surely I have the attention span to make sure nothing burns up, right?I put a hand towel on the oven rack and the

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Remember that yarn I got from my One Skein Secret Pal? You know... the rebellious two skeins? Well. I now have an actual, bona fide Finished Object!Ah, yes, its true. I've been practicing the Dark Art of Crochet. Surely you're not surprised? I already revealed that I sometimes sew... and this is a spinning blog, not a knitting blog, remember?? We here at Whorlygig do it all. And this little

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I'm off work this week. In theory, it was a mini-vacation to rest and lounge and basically do nothing requiring more effort than knitting or spinning or putting in a new DVD. In reality, it's turned into a late spring cleaning/redecorating binge. Something to do with feeling nesty, I think. I put up some new lighting in the living room, built a chair and table that I bought at IKEA, scrubbed

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Remember the fabulously shiny Merino/Tencel roving? First I thought I'd spin it three ply (but not Navajo ply) and make socks...then I thought I just loved the singles as I spun them way too much to make socks. I started thinking how I could get the most out of my 110 gm portion...singles, of course. But as I spun I began to really REALLY want to see the colors blend with the plying so I ended

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The weather has been dry here in Texas. Nary a drop of real creativity has been seen for a good long while. Oh, and no rain, neither.I find that when my life gets stressful, my creative life wanes considerably. Unlike some people, who turn to art to release their stress, I begin to hoard my energies, expending them only in mostly uncalled-for bursts of profanity and freakish and

Amynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27285499.post-1149736220638377642006-06-07T19:52:00.000-07:002006-06-07T20:27:07.690-07:00

Wow, wow, wow. This is so fun!! I decided on a little bit of a whim to join the One Skein Secret Pal Yarn Excahange...there are various kinds of Secret Pal exchanges, but with all the complicating factors in my life right now I don't feel like I can take on the responsibility of spoiling someone thoroughly for three months. Then I read about this One Skein thing...you send your secret pal a

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I want my whole life to be this color! I hate to use the term "yummy" to describe fiber, but...well...it looks like sherbet! This fabulous stuff is Merino/Tencel, and the thing is that the tencel doesn't dye in the acid dyes I used, so there is this glossy, silvery sheen to the whole thing. Its really excellent. Besides being strong enough to make socks, due to that tencel. But the color...yum.

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There has been a certain interest in linen at our house lately. I've been wondering what it would be like to make a linen shell for summer wear...JoAnne has been wanting to make a linen washcloth as a way to learn stitches other than stockinette and garter....I have been fantasizing about swatching lace and lace borders in linen and calling them washcloths. So I went shopping for fiber, and,

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The drum carder came today! Well, it came yesterday or Friday, but we haven't checked the mail, so Seamus went to pick it up from the apartment office this afternoon. This thing is a WHOPPER.You can see it here in my craft area. All my wool is either behind or in that table thing, some of my bead boxes are on top, plus the swift clipped to the side. Also inside the table are more undyed

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I went to my first ever spinning group meeting on Monday night! It met at Blackberry Ridge Woolen Mill this month, and Anne had a huge bag of raw llama fiber to give away!I loved sitting around in a bunch of spinners, some of whom were spinning, some knitting (like me), some crocheting, and some just visiting. I've never been to Blackberry Ridge so it was fun just looking at the beautiful yarn,

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Not much to report since last time. Between work and social engagements and other hobbies and the interruptions of life in general, I'm slowly spinning up that batch of dyed rovings. First Flush is complete, and here she is in indirect light (for truer color) and lazing atop my herbs in the last of the afternoon sun. 118 yards of 2 ply Falkland. I can't find my wpi gauge (again), but I'd

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I went to visit Mom for Mother's Day and a few days after, as you know. I gave her the blue yarn I spun (Yippee! All done spinning sweater!!), cast on, and settled down to visit.But get this! I drove there with my sister in law, and so I had no way to come home but by TRAIN! Yes. After more than a month of insane busy-ness, I actually had an enforced 8 hrs of undisturbed, totally alone (except

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I take back all the mean things I said about the rovings I dyed last Sunday. Well, almost everything. One of the batches is still plagued by a much rustier brown than I had in mind, but it's nothing a judicious overdye won't fix. Click any of the thumbnails for a larger view.Mr. Ugly is on the far right, top row, if you were wondering. On the wheel right now is First Flush, the roving

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Over the weekend JoAnne and I did an art fair. Now is probably the time to mention that I'm a glass artist by day, and fiber is my spare-time pursuit. So. The weather was predicted to be crummy, which indeed it was. There we were in the rain, with a booth full of glass pens, knitting needles, garden orbs, framed little vegetables, and whatnot. Bored. Cold to the bone, and wet feet as well.

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Yesterday afternoon, I sat down with some of Romney (still undyed, but let's not talk about that) to get a feel for how it would spin. Out of curiosity, I didn't predraft like I usually do, but instead just split the roving a couple of times lengthwise so that the fiber mass would be easier to handle. The results?It spins FAST. So fast, in fact, that I was so involved in marveling at the speed

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Here's proof that I finished spinning Mom's sweater yarn. I didn't bother to set the twist before dyeing, because I figured that I'd do it after. Its SO SOFT!!This has all be made possible by JoAnne (who is truly a goddess) who sat down with me and helped me think through the mathematical labrynth of gauge conversion. I have to confess, I haven't done that before with anything where it really

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I want to spin. Really, I do. My wheel is in working order, I have plenty of fiber from various breeds and species of animals, both dyed and undyed. I've got a nice chair, and lots of music or movies that I could put on to listen to while I relax with my dear friend Miss Ashford.Why am I not spinning, then?For a few weeks, I've been having something akin to writer's block. There are some

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I finished the socks! JoAnne is wearing them right now, and they look like this! They also look mighty fine with her clogs. This is the first time I've tried the Twisted Sisters stretchy cast on, and it totally ROCKS. It is SO stretchy, and looks great too. I highly recommend it. In other news today, I had some bold (to say the least) superwash roving lying around, and I decided to spin it up for

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There's a problem with shopping online. The mystery of what something might be like often overwhelms my common sense, and I end up with things which I have I have no idea how to best use. I read the description and think, "oh, I wonder what that's like..." and before the wiser part of me can say "don't spend the money on something you don't know how to use! Research first!" my Visa card has

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Word from WisconsinHere are a few of my current works in progress.First up for your enjoyment, socks. The roving was white, 80% merino and 20% silk, and just lovely! I want to make my whole life out of it! Lightweight sweater, short sleeved thingamajig, maybe a tank top...and socks. I thought maybe the silk content would lend some strength to the sock yarn. We'll see if I was right about this

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Welcome to Whorly Gig!Amy lives in Texas and Martha lives in Wisconsin, and we developed this blog to celebrate our mutual love of all things fiber, and in fact, all things creative. There are zillions of knitting blogs now, but not much in the way of primarily-spinning ones, and we thought we couldn't possibly be the only ones out there who would love more exposure to spinning, dyeing, and the

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