Susan the Blue Lake Knitter's Blog – May 2010 Archive (3)

Spinning Straw into Gold… or my first Jacquard Dye Experience

As I spun up my first 4 oz. of my golden llama/mohair fleece, I was very surprised at how the light would hit the yarn as it was spinning, and how all of the different shades would shine. Then I thought of the fairy tale …

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Added by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on May 28, 2010 at 3:06pm — 19 Comments

Fiber Day Trip

This month for our guild meeting, we had a tour of a local fiber farm and the yarn shop associated with it.

Our guild is relatively small – we only have twelve members. So our resources are limited; but only limited by the friends that we make on this…

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Added by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on May 16, 2010 at 7:34pm — 20 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day and How Does My Garden Grow

OK, I know Mother’s Day is tomorrow, but when there are two sets of grandparents, the holiday must be shared in the best manner possible. I arranged to have a nice Mother’s Day Dinner today for myself and my DDIL, and for my DH, DS and Sam to share it with us. I had planned on doing this outside, but the temps dropped…

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Added by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on May 8, 2010 at 3:15pm — 33 Comments