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Tag Archives: crocheting
The Ideal Sock Project [Master Post]
As I’ve mentioned before on the Vlog, I have an obsession with the idea of making socks. It seems like the next logical challenge for me, the next milestone. The standard commercial sock yarn is a blend of superwash-treated wool, … Continue reading →
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TdF 2015 Summary
Finished yarns in order of when they were completed + any prizes they may or may not have won. 1.) “Mister Wolf” Completed July 9th. Brown Shetland + Black Alpaca 114 Yards Was awarded fiber + a crochet pattern 2.) … Continue reading →
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TdF2015 Day Twenty-Three (Last Official Day)
3 hours and 30 minutes split up throughout the day. Finished my last skein of the Tour 🙂 I will probably keep spinning obsessively until the end of the month– I still have so much fiber left for this project, … Continue reading →
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TdF2015 Day Twenty-Two
Tomorrow is the last day of the Tour… Two and a half hours of spinning today, spread before and after a twelve-hour shift at work. I iz tired.
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TdF2015 Day Twenty-One
6 hours of spinning today.
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TdF2015 Day Twenty
Three hours of spinning early in the day– first I finished up the plying of the eight-ply, then I spun all the banana silk singles. Two hours of plying later on– first the banana silk, then finished up the … Continue reading →
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TdF2015 Day Nineteen
Morning + Afternoon: Six hours of work, including plying up one project and getting a fairly good start on a thin-weight for a plying experiment. Thin plies take sooooo long… After dinner: Spun another three hours to finish the … Continue reading →
TdF2015 Day Eighteen
Should I have gone to bed a while ago? Probably, but I’m too tense to sleep. I decided to spin instead. I finally chose the final batt for this project– a merino/silk blend I carded a while back. Spun for … Continue reading →
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TdF2015 Day Seventeen
Only managed 45 minutes of spinning today. One more batt will finish off the singles for this project.
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TdF2015 Day Sixteen
There are always two scheduled ‘rest days’ during the Tour. Personally, I save them for when I need them, so that’s why there’s no ‘day fifteen’ 😉 Today was a ‘rough’ (vast understatement) day, but I did get a massive … Continue reading →
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