skeins

n00b

  The Details 3oz. (approx) of Ashland Bay Diablo Core of Knit Picks Felici 12wpi/Sport Weight approx 125yds Corespinning looks so easy – in fact, since you start with a pre-made core, it almost feels like cheating. But, as I found out, achieving a balanced & usable skein of yarn is far harder than it looks….

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Arcade

The Details 4oz. of Blue Faced Leicester 10wpi/DK weight approx 115yds After the super textured-ness of Beauty School Dropout, that I started from raw wool, dyed, prepped, and then spun I needed a spinning palate cleanser. That came in the form of a 4 oz braid of BFL from Greenwood Fiberworks that I found when…

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The Weekly(ish) skein

As 2014 comes to an end it’s only natural to take a step back and assess the year. It’s been a crazy one, not bad, just exhausting. It feels like every day is a marathon of kid wrangling, commuting, work emails, and then more commuting and kid wrangling. It’s left me and NA Slacker physically…

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