Well, yesterday I turned 35, which seems somehow implausible, but there it is. It was a very pleasant birthday. I seamed toes of a few autoknitter socks, and tried some to-be-seamed ones on after that to see if I really felt like grafting the toes, or if I would rather rip and reknit them. This, […]

Here’s one good way to start winding yarn onto a low whorl or bottom whorl spindle, shown with a dowel-and-a-drawer-pull make-it-yourself spindle: With spindle on its side so it’s easy to control, just wrap the end of your yarn or leader around it in one direction: Go several wraps up, tightly. You can hold the […]

I spent the weekend largely on the autoknitter, and have been rewarded with this: In case it’s hard to tell, that’s a grand total of 5 pairs of socks. Now, frankly, I think I’m going to get 3 pairs for real, and end up ripping the other 2. I have another pair mid-rip — some […]

In which Abby receives her birthday present from Chad, a vintage Autoknitter (Circular Sock Machine), and accomplishes nothing which is particularly productive as a result.

Uploaded photos, cropped, edited, updated blog, 1 hour. Made list of drafts to write in January, roughed out outlines for three of them; 90 minutes. Cleaned the drum carder. Medium cleaning, not a super-deep clean, but beyond just cleaning the drums. 30 minutes. Did 2 blends to use up bombyx silk seconds (the top got […]

Spun on spindle while waiting at the periodontist; about 20-30 minutes in the waiting room. I could have spun a lot more but I had no idea I was going to wind up just sitting and waiting as much as I did once I was actually in the chair, so my bag with my spinning […]

As published in Fiber Femmes, January 2007

Knitting is SLOW!

So far this decade… well, century… hrmmm, milennium at that! I’ve found the even number years to be rough, tough, and challenging, with the odd number years much less eventful. However, I don’t know that I expect 2007 to be uneventful or unchallenging, what with a fledgling business in play now and everything! I’ve got […]

Louet’s new unbelievably tiny portable powerhouse is also finally a flyer lead scotch tension wheel, robust enough to fit almost every need! Read the details in my real-world test report.