Posted in Knitting, Sweaters, tagged Habu, Knitting, luxury yarns, sweater on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The second installment of my Habu order is here and the fibers are beautiful:
Both are super-fine; I hesitate to even call them lace weight. The stainless steel thread is silver, but is plied with two strands of bronze silk. The final color is rich and metallic with a dull shine. The pineapple [...]
Posted in Knitting, ravelry, tagged blanket, Knitting, update on May 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I haven’t written in ages, and plan to remedy that next week with a post about my weaving class (!!). In the meantime, I’m on ravelry now! I’m still adjusting to the interface, to the fact that I appear to be able to enter my whole stash into a database (are they mad? I don’t [...]
Posted in Knitting, Knitting Events, Knitting in the News, Textile Exhibitions, tagged exhibitions, Knitting, Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…has come to Indianapolis! No more envying the East coast–now we’ve got edgy textile exhibits and high stakes primaries to put Indiana on the map. In lieu of this week’s knitting group, Lydia, Bethany and I went to Indianapolis to volunteer in Gschwandtner’s “Wartime Knitting Circle.”
The space set aside for volunteers faces the exhibit’s entrance [...]
