UPDATED! 7/6/2009
Many, many, wonderful knitters have told me that there’s a mistake in my tutorial for a while now, but I’ve been so busy with life that I haven’t had a chance to correct it. It’s a minor one – the swift requires 4 2″ pieces instead of 3 as noted. Anyway, it’s finally been [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 29, 2008
PVC Swift/Skeiner tutorial
April 7, 2008
Yarn Harlot
Today, I was able to take the day and travel to Atlanta to see the Yarn Harlot. I read her blog pretty regularly, but I only just read her last book, Casts Off, while I was on spring break (I borrowed Katy’s copy). It was super funny. So I bought her latest [...]
April 6, 2008
Spinning Guild
On Saturday, I went to my local spinning guild for the first time. I was so pleasantly surprised at how large the guild was. There were probably about 20 people there. Wow – that many spinners live near me? One lady even told me she had the same wheel I did. [...]
April 4, 2008
PVC Swift/Skeiner
So I’ve been eyeing a skeiner for a while. Babe’s sell one for $35, which isn’t bad. But I wanted it to be free standing, and I also wanted it to function as a swift too. So in comes DIY.
My hubby is a seasoned PVC builder. He grew up playing boffer [...]
