Book Yarn, Part IV

I've never quite managed be one of those people who are always up on the newest or coolest things.  Perhaps I'm not attentive enough or I don't try hard enough or maybe I just don't care.  I've come to terms with that, and I don't even think it's a bad thing.  Most of the time. Alas, in this case, my blithe dismissal of buzz led me to miss out on Sanguine Gryphon's Bugga for far too long.  Now that I've got some of it in my hands, I see what all the chatter has been about.  This stuff is really [...]

June 16, 2010|

Book Yarn, Part III

So the last two book yarns were returns of old favorites.  That's always wonderful, and I am excited to work with them again.  That said, there's something marvelous in finding new favorites too.  (If you were a brownie in the 80s that godawful Make New Friends song might be running through your head now too.  Sorry about that.) That's what's happened here.  This is the lovely Sock Plus 8 by Handwerks in the color Paprika.  It's made of 8 tiny plies tightly twsited together resulting in marvelously smooth yarn.  The stitch definition is fantastic, and despite all those plies, it's [...]

June 10, 2010|

Book Yarn, Part II

Lovely as the Schaefer yarn is, 2 skeins do not a book make.  Don't worry though, there is rather a lot more.  The second yarn to arrive was Blue Moon Fiber Arts' Mediumweight in the color In the Navy. As with the Schaefer, this is not the first time I've worked with Blue Moon.  I've used it for two pairs of socks before I started designing and two pairs since.  Ensnared, one of my first designs, was made with it as was Scatterling, one of my most recent. This is another of those yarns that is just slightly on the [...]

June 2, 2010|

Book Yarn, Part I

For the last few days my mailbox has been overflowing with a steady stream of some of my favorite yarns.  You see, a week or two ago, I gathered up my courage and sent emails off to the folks who make my favorite yarns.  I told them I'm working on a book, that I love what they do, and that I was hoping to use their work in my book.  Madam Publisher was kind enough to send emails to back me up (ya know, just to prove I'm not just soliciting yarn with no intention of turning out a book).  [...]

June 1, 2010|
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