We headed out to California on Thursday night, and found ourselves in Sparks, NV on Friday evening, where we finally stopped driving. Saturday morning led us San Jose-ward, and we went to a ballet with our friend Ed — Swan Lake — and then today, I ended up at Stitches West. I saw a lot of booths, and saw many people knitting, spinning, and some crocheting. I test-drove a pair of Signature Needles, and drooled on things at the WEBS booth. All I ended up buying was a kit from Philosopher’s Wool, a lovely fair isle sweater for Ben.We’re hanging out with friends today, and tomorrow… um… I don’t know. We’ll make our way down to San Diego for that leg of the trip, where we’ll find whole wheat pastry flour and sheets and corn meal. 
An alignment of the planets… February 24, 2008
I wore Earnshaw today. February 17, 2008
I’ve been obsessed with this sweater since I started swatching for it at the end of January.
I finished the sleeves on Friday night, finished the hood on Saturday night, and started seaming it. I finished seaming it this morning before going to work, and wore it to work.
I spent the weekend doing a couple of things, including teaching the 2nd half of 2-socks-1-circ class, which included the heel and how to bind off — I think I’ll make a couple of samples for the next class, in case the students aren’t prepared. The rest of the weekend was spent spinning and knitting and sewing up. Two of the merino-silk rovings “fell off” of etsy, and I’ve spun up one (yellow-green) and added mohair locks to it. It’s on the drying rack downstairs. The other, a pink-orange, is half-spun-up… one bobbin done, the other bobbin half-full. I’ve got some of the peachy-yellow locks to be plied into that one, and they’ll all go up for sale… sometime this week. Before Thursday, hopefully, as we head out on Thursday to visit California.
I didn’t think you’d be interested in my miles of stockinette… February 5, 2008
so I didn’t post about it. I’m knitting Earnshaw, from “Simply Noro”, and it’s miles of stockinette and miles of garter stitch. Not the most interesting blog fodder. But a fast knit, and fun. So here’s some of the stuff I listed in the crazymonkey etsy store tonight, in a handy photobucket slideshow:
There’s more to come. I still have a half-dozen skeins of yarn drying on the rack, and fiber hanging out next to it. I have 2 huge supwerwash rovings to photograph tomorrow, and another half-dozen skeins of yarn as well. But I’m finally caught up, and everything I’ve photographed is now posted on etsy.
