Well, here it is, Wednesday morning, and I haven’t gotten that plying video done yet. It might happen today, but there’s also some production work that has to happen, it’s the boy’s last day of school tomorrow and he’s got a couple of days of early release, and lo and behold, it turns out we’ve […]

Jeepy’s loaded, and ready to hit the road… And because I’m so amused by Sara’s quandary, I’ll just take a moment to say… …I won’t be without a project should a wildfire strike. Plus there’s a few more balls of yarn and the needles and hooks… but now, it’s time for a beer. Aaaaah.

Sunday has dawned, hazy and muggy, and with still no rain. It’s getting to be really dry — not Silicon Valley summer dry, but definitely not midwest-normal. We’ve only had one real serious rain in May, which is (I’m told, and have seen bits of) normally a very wet month here. Some of our baby […]

The work week is drawing to a close, and it’s been a strange one. My trusty Cardzilla, I fear, is begging for a vacation; after years of incredibly faithful, incredibly hard-working service on a near-daily basis, service far above and beyond the call of mere duty, Cardzilla’s motor’s gearbox is showing signs of wear. This […]

Twist, crimp, sock yarn, and heretical statements about the doctrine of balanced yarn.

I’ve made it to Friday again, huzzah! This was a hectic-seeming week and production just was not what I had ambitiously planned for at the outset. But I did manage to get all of these up on eBay: …which is to say, some 6 pounds of superwash top, some oddments of very nice fibers, a […]

I’m way too tired for pictures, so I’m going to put up a few photos of some recent yarn. What’s got me so tired? Well, I’ve been in production mode: a few carding days and today was a dye day, all to move stuff from “materials” to “inventory” to make room for new incoming materials, […]

In which we step through making a tweed blend, and see the resulting yarn

Honestly, I shouldn’t be sitting here at the computer drinking coffee and blogging — I should be doing chores. But of course, I’m fortifying myself for chores by drinking more coffee, so I’ll forgive myself. Yesterday was, I must say, a very pleasant Saturday. I drove up to the Miami County Fairgrounds, about an hour […]

Yeah. More of that kind of stuff! Let’s see a few closeups: Oh, I’m quite fond of this one, I am. So fond of it, I’ll have to do another one, for me! This one is superwash/alpaca/nylon (the sock kind, not the glitter kind) and I want mine to have tussah silk in it. Olive […]