Because I haven’t felt much like knitting

Leslie | November 17, 2009

I’ve been spinning more recently.  Spinning Guild meeting was on Sunday, and as of Saturday I had half of 4oz spun.  Saturday night, I finished the other 2 oz and plied, and ended up with a respectable skein of about 160 yards of a Yarn Love colorway: I really liked the richness of the colors [...]

Because I love my sister. Most of the time.

Leslie | November 9, 2009

I decided last week that I needed to make my older sister, Nicki, a gift for her 33rd birthday on the 15th.  I also decided that there was no flipping way I was going to knit her socks.  So, instead, I used some of my very first handspun and made some Maine Morning Mitts. I [...]

Avoiding garbage bags on the highway (and other fun)

Leslie | May 12, 2008

This weekend was an interesting one. Laura almost killed me driving home Saturday night. I’m just sayin’. I bought some cool swag from Ravelry (including the obligatory oh-so-Leslie “disagree(1)” shirt). I learned a neat technique for picking up stitches in Lucy Neatby’s class on Saturday, and on Sunday we made these terribly atrocious socks (not [...]

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