here is the rundown of our travels in hawaii. my cousin split up our vacation into three different vacations since we were going to completely different places each week. i am publishing the posts on the last day that the post covers so it kind of serves as a journal for us and when we [...]
Archive for January, 2010
aloha vacation #1. upcountry maui.
Posted in hawaii, travels, winter, tagged haleakala, hawaii, maui, paia on January 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Toodles.
Posted in alaska, hawaii on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Off to the islands!
2 more sleeps.
Posted in alaska, fiber, kiwi, spinning, yarn, tagged 2-ply, alpaca, angora, merino on January 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
’til 3 weeks in hawaii – and gale and margaret and ethan!! ta da!. the 2 ply. i decided to call it Garth, after my friend stephanie (she looked like garth of wayne’s world when she was younger). haha. new fiber. 8 ounces of superwash merino and alpaca (for $10.99 and free shipping!). it’s a [...]
monday funday.
Posted in alaska, fiber, kiwi, spinning, yarn, tagged baby alpaca, handspun, silk, superwash on January 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
this is how my bombyx silk/baby alpaca turned out: i was able to get 220 yards. it’s really soft and drapes well. the silk gives it a nice shine. yarn i’m spinning for stephanie: the multicolor spool is leftover wool i had from a soap felting project. i’m spinning two sport weight spools (below) and [...]
ugh.
Posted in alaska, crochet, degnarly, felting, hats, knitting, tagged crochet, dogs, felting, hats, knitting, koolaid dyeing, slippers on January 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
so i was talking to my mom today on the phone while i put in the hat from yesterdays post to felt. and i overfelted it. not by much, but it’s definitely not what i wanted it to do. and it’s ribbed on the bottom, which gives it the fisherman effect. not happy. it still [...]
