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  • The Softest of The Bunch

    Stash Expansion Overview

    I am one of the luckiest knitters in the world. My sister-in-law has decided to de-stash. She had caught the knitting bug bad. Since she traveled extensively, she picked up a lot of yarn along the way. With her time and attention on her clothing...

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  • All Done!

    A Paduak Turned Bowl Part 2

    Here is part two of the the paduak turned bowl. After the original foot broke, here is the rescue foot. I turned some scrap plywood and glued it to the bottom of the bowl. This one was a real challenge. After breaking the original foot...

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    A Paduak Turned Bowl

    I am being commissioned to turn a bowl for a fellow artist, knitter and neighbor Shaku. I thought I would take this opportunity to document the process. Turning wood puts you into a near timeless zen state. Not unlike developing photographs in a darkroom. Where you...

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  • Knitting Quote

    Knitting Quote

    All knitter’s possess the ability to spout authentic gibberish (a typical offering being the “left handed single-needle Swibbonian two-color invisible cast-on”), and are quick to do so when cornered. –Alden Amos

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  • Camera Broke :(

    Camera Broke :(

    Since the digital camera I was using broke, I can’t post you pictures of my new skein of Happy Vampire. Clocking in at 4.2 oz/119g and 125 yards.

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    The Anthropologie Pixelated Rug

    The Anthropologie Pixelated Rug Hot or Not? | Apartment Therapy Unplggd.

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    Truckers Pick Up Quilting and Knitting – WSJ.com

    Truckers Pick Up Quilting and Knitting – WSJ.com.

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  • 2oz 100% Merino, 50 yards

    New Camera!

    As handy as the iPhone camera is, it just doesn’t cut it if you want to make accurate color reproductions. So today I spent a few hours retaking photos of all the yarn I’m going to put up on Etsy. Well, not all of the...

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  • Drap Dressing

    Window Dressing

    Here’s a window dressing I made for the window by my bed.

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  • midnightgoth

    Gothic and Glamorous

    I’m being commissioned, and I’m excited. I’m excited because the project is right up my aesthetic alley. They wanted something gothic and cobwebby. I’m spinning two merino yarns for it. One I’m calling Midnight Goth and the other one I’m calling Happy V. Here’s the merino roving: And...

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