6-Degrees of Karabella

So the other day the new-er girl in my office came up to me holding a new “Runway Knits” book, which I had not yet had the pleasure of perusing yet. She exclaimed “It’s my Aunt’s!”, by which I thought she meant that she had purchased it for or borrowed it from her aunt, [...]

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My First 3-Ply!

I’ve been lazily spinning up this lovely Cormo/Alpaca roving I bought at Sheep and Wool (from Foxhill Farm) for a long time now, and finally I got to try my hand at plying it! This was my first non-Navajo 3-ply job, and I think I did pretty well. I still need some work on plying, [...]

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Xmas Loot! And Hats!

An adorable Alpaca finger puppet! I got a grey one around here too somewhere…must be buried in my stocking.
I got 5 colors of Alpaca top my Mom got from a farm near my hometown! How wonderful is that?! J has already decided that he NEEDS an earflap hat from the back Alpaca. He also picked [...]

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December Recap

January is here! Unfortunately, this year’s “Selfish Knitting Month” is going to be postponed until February, as I’m still working on some late giftmas presents I’m hoping to build a new home for the blog soon! A home page for easy access to pattern and pictures, and hopefully handspun yarn for sale! In [...]

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