Michelle Knits and Quilts!

Not too long ago I treated myself to something I've been wanting for a very long time. A HansenCrafts MiniSpinner It spins like a dream.  So fast, nearly effortless! I've plied this spind...

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What fun, what fun! I didn't take a ton of photos, but what a great time.  All the friends, some of whom I'd only met online.  So  many ladies in a house.  So much wool.  So much fun! Th...

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Every few years I get a hankering to go to SAFF .  This year, not only am I going to SAFF, I'm going with a bunch of ladies both local and from far away.  I was recently sifting through old pho...

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Sometimes, in a knitter's life, you have to decide to let go.  The Vermillion Cliffs Cardigan looked great!  I swatched and got gauge perfectly.  No problems with the cable, but it was more...

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I like knitting.  No big surprise for those who have been reading my blog.  I'm a pretty quick knitter too.  A few shots of my favorite things I've knit since I last posted! I knit this bad...

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Holy cow, has it really been more than two years since I blogged?  Yeah.  Bad Blogger. Let me explain . . . no. there is to much.  Let me sum up. Festival.  Stress.  Betrayal. Anger. Lie...

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As it turns out, Thrums are fun!  These super warm socks were not as challenging as I thought, and took about 12 - 14 hours to complete.  The thrumming process was more fiddly than anything, b...

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It's less than 30 days until the opening of our Festival, and the stress is building.  We're having some issues with our liquor license, and we're counting on a bunch from our alcohol sales in r...

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A while back we bought a gallon jug of Killer Bee honey, and I've been waiting for the inspiration for what to do with it.  We came across a final bottle of our homebrewed Pom-Apple mead and I w...

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Ahhh Wednesday.  Halfway through a workweek.  My workweeks have actually been pretty full, a far cry from the crappy summer of data entry and begging for more work. Of course, the biggest WIP...

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Wow, was it really September the last time I blogged?  Wow.  I stink at this.  Then I just post a pattern for sale and nothing more?  What a bad, bad blogger So, new developments!  Jeff an...

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My first designed hat!  Available for just $1.00! Made out of worsted weight linen yarn, this hat is comfortable and breezy.  IT will keep the sun off your face without making your head hot.�...

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Again, a long hiatus, but I've been busy knitting! Two sweaters completed (with the exception of buttons on one). The first one is from A Fine Fleece, with a couple of modifications.  The or...

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Today ends the Tour de France, and therefore the Tour de Fleece.  My goal was to spin the first bit of merino and tencel, which I did.  I then decide I wanted to also spin up the Island of Misf...

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I didn't get a whole lot of spinning done yesterday (day 18), but I did get my full cop wound off onto a storage bobbin.  I've only just started spinning today on the last of the "Island of Misf...

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The actual spinning content of Days 16 and 17 are more of the same.  The cop gets bigger, but I haven't wound off onto a bobbin yet.  So instead of more similar pictures, here's the other proje...

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Since I spent most of yesterday at the Doctor's office (first patient visit and a physical - I check out fine!) I didn't get a ton of spindling done, but I did get my cop wound off onto a storag...

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Spindling laceweight merino is taking a bit, but I am spindling every day.  I'm greatly enjoying the yarn this is making though!  It will be well worth all of the work when I am finished! I a...

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Tour De Fleece day 12 was more spindling, and the second class with my spindling students.  They did wonderfully.  They were so proud (and rightly so) of their yarn.  I also made good progress...

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A short story about three sweaters and how they came to be. By me :-) The First Sweater I went to my favorite department store today, and folded neatly on the table was the most beautiful swe...

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A slight break from the wool and spinning: A week or so ago it was raining pretty good on and off all day.  At one point, we heard this odd whirring chirp right outside our door.  Thinking it...

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This time, with pictures! Here is today's spinning, superwash Merino I love this roving It makes for a fantastic yarn with long repeats Mama, take a picture of me instead!  Cut...

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Pictures will be coming, but since we were at a friend's house this weekend, it was hard to post updates. I finished spinning and plying that multi colored roving, and then on the day of rest (...

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Today, I did spin on my spindle and I'm almost done with the fiber.  Then plying! But the bigger thing I did was pass it on.  I taught two new students how to make yarn on drop spindles.  Th...

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Day 4 looks much like day 1-3, but more. I have a third bobbin full and a partially full cop.  My coworkers were extremely bemused by my spinning.  I caught one watching intently while I wasn...

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