November was an interesting month, stashwise. I actually made solid progress on stashbusting. My accomplishments I finished several gift projects made from stash, including two projects for my friend’s new baby, two holiday gifts for my dad’s siblings, and a gift for my dad’s partner. I also made two little crochet sweater ornaments that will eventually become … Read more
Perhaps this post should be subtitled,”How the mighty have fallen.” After doing some supersonic stashbusting in September, I had an unusually high level of stash acquisition in October. My accomplishments I used about 1,020 yards of stash yarn for various projects, including a square and a hat for charity, three ripple projects made as samples for … Read more
It’s been three weeks since I last participated in F.O. Friday, but I’ve actually finished quite a few projects in that time. I made three secret projects using this yarn, along with about eight swatches, for Kollabora, a new maker community. The big reveal was supposed to be this week, but it was delayed due … Read more
Yesterday, I had to make an emergency visit to Downtown Yarns to pick up a Royal Ball Winder. Yes, it’s true, I do already own a Simplicity Boye Electric Yarn Ball Winder. But I got a last minute call for some freelance work that would require a whole lot of yarn winding on short notice. (Like almost … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. I had a bit of a cliffhanger in my last Year of Projects update (you might have missed it since it was hidden between pictures of yarn): would I be able to take the Basic Dropspindling class at the North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival? It turns out that there was room for … Read more