Birthday Goodies – A Belated Post… (Part One)

This is über late – my birthday is the seventh of this lovely month – but I decided to share my goodies in a couple of posts.  Firstly, I decided to give proper props to my kids by giving them their own post, as they each contributed lots of loveliness to my day! ^_^
My Youngest [...]

A Little Yarn Expedition

I had to go into town, so while I was there I hit up Tuesday Morning and Wally-World looking for budget-friendly yarn.  I’m still a newbie, so I wasn’t looking for anything fine, just workable and practical yarn for a beginner.
Tuesday Morning was mostly a bust, ‘though there were two small packets of  Bernat Organic [...]

Hmm – Wonder if this Will Help…?

I was poking around Ravelry a couple of days ago and found a mention of crochet hook cushions on the Learn Crochet group board.  I had started to wonder – I find that if I’m working on something that requires a finer hook and smaller gauge, I still have issues with hand cramping and aching.  [...]

Vegan Knitting…and then some: Vegan Sock Yarn List

Found this browsing the web – looks to be a fabulous resource with pics, links, and more! ^_^  Woot!

I Think I’m in Love…. ^_^

Via the Persnickety Knitter, I found this lovely guy.  Wow!  Not that I have any hope of something that glorious any time soon, but a gal can dream, yes?  ^_^  Anyway, hope P.K. doesn’t mind me borrowing the picture – what a lovely image and what great inspiration!!

The pattern is actually part of a [...]

Hooks and Aches

I’ve been really struggling to get a real project done, crochet-wise.  If I sit and crochet for a long period of time, my hands begin to ache through the base of my thumb, in towards my palm, and then also across the outside edge of my wrist down through my upper arms.
I haven’t been able [...]

Skeins Scare Me or My Battle with Yarn Balls

Well, at least a little bit.  While both the yarn skeins I bought the other day were center-pull, I decided to roll up the Comfort one for practice, using this post over at Ariadne’s weblog as a guide.  (I hear congratulations are in order over there, ya know.^_^)   I had tremendous luck rolling my [...]

The Local Yarn Shop

Well, I finally got around to going to my first yarn shop in a very, very long time last week.  Meant to blog about it between here and there, but life’s been busy….
Anyhoo, got a little late birthday pin money from my MIL, so off I went to hunt down my very own LYS:
And there [...]

Sometimes the Internet is a “Bad Thing” :P

Ack – I know that my knitting and crocheting goodies have left Jacksonville, FL, so they can’t be too far away….Darn you “Track Packages” feature. o.0
<— Fidgeting impatiently….

Vegan Yarn

Vegan amoungst the leaves
Originally uploaded by staralee

So – next step – finding vegan fibers to work with. I’m guessing I need to stick to synthetic stuff like acrylic to begin with?  I’ve fund a bunch of lovely handmade fiber for sale on the net, but nothing that a noob like me such probably touch [...]