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lovely spring lambs

Amelia — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:08:47 +0000

I’ve really been enjoying fiber artist/shepherd Barbara Parry’s blog, Sheep Gal. Barbara tends a flock of very photogenic sheep and goats at her farm, producing wonderful Foxfire Fibers spinning fiber and yarn.

Barbara is in the throes of lambing season, and she’s put tons of amazingly cute lamb videos on YouTube. This one is my favorite:

Hooray for happy healthy baby lambs! Hooray for Spring!

favorite FO — handspun armwarmers

Amelia — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:46:02 +0000

I knit these about a month before my wedding a couple years ago. The yarn was Yemalia and Carnival Curio from Liz Stottlemyer.

I didn’t use a pattern, and actually, it’s been so long now that I’m not quite sure exactly how I made them. I remember I did a sort of exaggerated garter theme, knitting three rounds, purling three rounds, etc. But all of the other details are lost in the planning-my-wedding fog that was Summer of ‘07. Didn’t they come out cute, though?

random/leftover/extra handspun yarn

Amelia — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:58:47 +0000

Every once in a while I pull all the random little blobs of handspun yarn out of my sugar bowl, cookie jar, junk drawer, and all of the other secret forgotten places I hide it throughout the house:

I don’t throw it away, because I made it all and even though I can objectively admit that a lot of it is pretty fugly, It’s mine and I love it. But what on earth will I ever *do* with it? I’ve previously entertained notions of getting into freeform crochet, but lately I’ve been thinking of trying out a Rigid Heddle Loom. Because, you know, what I *really* need in my life is yet another fiber hobby.

There is no logic in obsession.

In other news, the Tuesday Morning Knitters were in the local paper!
I know, I know. Curiously enough, I have never eaten a Puffin.