Archive for May, 2011
They Followed Me Home
One thing that’s very dangerous about going to Germany is the yarn. Germany is where the sock yarn comes from (Regia, Stoller & Schall, Trekking…), and as far as I can tell the German culture still embraces the idea of handicrafts like knitting. You can be strolling around a department store (which might span several […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2011 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Wild Yarn, Yarn
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Karmic Deposits
The Blanket Thief complains that I have a messed up view of karma because I basically think it works like a bank – that you can take withdrawals in the form of good things happening to you, that you make deposits by both living through shitty things and doing good to others. I think he […]
Posted: May 16th, 2011 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Knitting Fates, Yarn
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Pretty in Pink
Several years ago when I graduated from college, I went on a tour through Europe. I stopped in on my Mormor (Grandma for those of you who don’t speak Danish) while I was there, and bestowed this upon her: When visiting her again during our honeymoon (yes, the Blanket Thief is awesome enough that he […]
Posted: May 9th, 2011 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Blast from the Past
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Fraternal Twins
I’ve been spending some more time exploring my newest obsession with yarn dyeing. And I’ve learned something very, very important – apparently, yarn shares some traits with babies, in that just because two skeins of yarn go through the same exact dye bath at the same time, that doesn’t necessarily make them identical. Just like […]
Posted: May 2nd, 2011 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Dyeing
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