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Today I am taking on a really big, old UFO. This is the Setesdal sweater from Nordic Knits by Susan Pagdohl. I started it decades ago. Even though I know it is huge, the gauge is variable, and it has a sun bleached streak down the middle of it, I really want/need to finish thisContinue reading “3 June 2020”

I have been sad and anxious, and I guess I haven’t felt like writing for a couple of days, but I have been nervously knitting and spinning when not staring off into space. On Saturday I found the beginning of this vest in a Shopko bag upstairs along with a fair sized ball of grayContinue reading “1 June 2020”

I didn’t post yesterday, but I did do quite a bit of work. I finished sewing in all the ends on the indigo cotton sweater. Just needs to be blocked. The next project is a funny story. When my daughters were babies (they are now nearly 33 and 31), my sister sent us a handknitContinue reading “28 May 2020”

I finished these little socks. What a lot of work went into them! It was fun though. I would do these again with wool yarns. A good thing happened today! I’ve been hanging on to this sweater for years hoping that the yarn would turn up so I could finish seaming it. it’s a RowanContinue reading “26 May 2020”

I was able to duplicate the green sock without written directions. Just had a few yards of yarn left over. These were not knitted by me but by my friend’s grandmother. They just needed to be seamed. I remember my friend saying that her grandmother struggled with these as she was aging, and I canContinue reading “25 May 2020”

They have yet to be washed and blocked, but these three pair of booties are completed. No more half done booties laying around. I spent hours on these yesterday and today, but it was satisfying work. I changed the pattern on the last one I knit and made it seamless in the round, an improvementContinue reading “23 May 2020”

The first thing I had to do on my post today was to go back and change the date on yesterday’s post. It’s true. I never know what day it is. Yesterday I did some wool washing and put things out to dry in the sun. Hot water and soap for the mohair socks, thenContinue reading “22 May, 2020”

After finishing my first post yesterday, I went in the worst room to dig through projects and almost immediately became overwhelmed. I have to remember that in order to do this, I need to work on one or two things at a time. I need to pick out one project and close the door onContinue reading “21 May, 2020”

I’m starting this blog primarily for my own use to record my daily fiber work during this pandemic. I have rooms full of unfinished projects to tackle, think Rumplestilkskin scenario. Some projects are old, some are very old. For my peace of mind I would like to finish them. I will try to finish orContinue reading “For the Duration”