Wovenflame

A fiber-crafts fanatic who lives to create. I'm also "Wovenflame" on Ravelry, Flickr, ETSY, DoA and yahoogroups.

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Mighty Fine

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Here is a little peek at why I love to spin as fine a thread as I can. If I spin a fine thread, I can knit a fine thread. These are to beco...
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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Blue/Green Merino Top

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A quick peek at what I've been spinning lately. This is merino top (color "blue/green") being spun up as a 2 ply fingering wei...
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Friday, January 27, 2006

New Bag

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I was at Value Village the other day, on the prowl for cheap craft supplies, when I came across this little bargain: I've been wanting ...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Socks

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I have had this pair of socks on the needles since my trip to Yarn Harlot's book signing . Done two at once on one circular needle, they...
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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Group Weaving

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In preparation for the guild's next group project, I was asked to thread the heddles and sley the reed of this little table loom. The wa...
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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Slow Progress

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It's time consuming, but I am making progress on my son-in-law's Christmas Stocking. I've also been doing quite a bit of spinnin...
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Monday, January 16, 2006

No Hurry

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And now for something completely different. 'Tis neither knitting nor spinning, 'tis not crochet nor weaving either. This my friends...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Gnashing Of Teeth

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Grrrrr. While I await a yarn and pattern shipment I decided to cast on something quick and easy......something that didn't require any...
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Monday, January 09, 2006

Source for Tencel

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For those who might be interested, the yarn I used in my Feather and Fan Shawl is 8/2 tencel, handpainted by Margaret Pittman in the colorwa...
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Sunday, January 08, 2006

F&F Photos

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Here you go, the Feather and Fan Shawl being modeled as it is likely to be worn...... casually . Although I am sure it would look lovely wit...
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Saturday, January 07, 2006

First of 2006

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With the blocking now complete the Feather and Fan Shawl becomes my first FO (finished object) of 2006. It's post-knitting/pre-blocking ...
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Friday, January 06, 2006

WHAT hole?

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You can open your eyes now. The knitting horror show is over. Yesterday, when I got home from a guild meeting , I was too tired to summon u...
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Thursday, January 05, 2006

Dragonfly Temari

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This beautiful dragonfly temari ball was a birthday gift, hand made for me by a friend . I 'connect' with dragonflies in a special ...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Tencel Nightmare Update

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I worked all day on the tencel Feather and Fan Shawl. When my back began to ache I took a short break for lunch and another to do a load of ...
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The Bad and The Good

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Despite the fact that I have a beautiful new spinning wheel to use, not much spinning has been done these past few days. I'm slogging my...
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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Little Miss 1960

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46 years ago my arrival made the front page of the local newspaper. Why yes, the newspaper is a little tattered and worn. My daughter says t...
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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Persevering

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Despite the distraction of a very tempting little wheel in the house I am still making progress on the Feather and Fan Shawl. I am forcing ...
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Monday, December 26, 2005

Ode to Little Gem2

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Little Gem2 , how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love your smooth spinning, the ease with which your treadles glide, your quick no...
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Friday, December 23, 2005

Still Plugging Along

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I haven't dropped out of the knitting universe. I'm still knitting on the Feather and Fan Shawl from "A Gathering Of Lace...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Flock Of Cookies

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When do cookies come in flocks? When they are Sheep Cookies of course! No, no....not made of mutton. These are regular sugar cookies in the...
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