By Madame Purl, on August 5th, 2010 Poor Max needs a top knot trim. Every groomer we’ve had loves to leave his top knot high. The only problem is it falls over when it gets to long. They have a standing appointment at the groomer every 4-weeks. This time its 5-weeks because they have a dog show to go to, so their [...]
By Madame Purl, on August 3rd, 2010 A few weeks ago Julie sent me some wool and alpaca to card and blend together. I finally finished it today and it’s ready to wing it’s way back to her.
Jasmine had to help. Every time I get my make shift light box out she’s kitty on the spot. Sweet Pea had to [...]
By Madame Purl, on July 28th, 2010 Remember this roving…
So 4 ounces has become approximately 550 yards of this lace weight yarn.
Not exactly what I expected. It’s more brown than I thought it would be, but still lovely. I’m thinking the next 4 ounces should be socks – a nice [...]
By Madame Purl, on June 15th, 2010 I feel like I start projects and they really just languish too long. I tell myself I have rotation, but really is that the truth or am I easily distracted…or worse yet the big L word – Lazy?
I finally decided that I needed to finish some spindle spinning and get the plying done. [...]
By Madame Purl, on May 23rd, 2010 So at the NH Sheep and Wool, I acquired a a new spinning wheel – a cute little Roadbug.
Madison is helping today and giving you a size reference. She’s average cat size.
I really wanted a tiny travel wheel. One that would be easier transport and be plane friendly. I did bring it [...]
By Madame Purl, on April 29th, 2010 OK – I think this is officially the cutest spindle ever. It’s so tiny and yet so useful. Gorgeous black palm wood and bocote shaft – only .6 ounces. It spins fast and I can get a lace weight.
It fits in the palm of your hand or in your pocket.
Up [...]
By Madame Purl, on April 5th, 2010 The Easter Bunny brought me a new iPad. I’m not sure this will cure my library habit. Having an e-reader is definitely new to me and we’ll see how my reading habits evolve.
I found it funny that this weekend I also spent time with the Respect the Spindle DVD and worked on my [...]
By Madame Purl, on March 26th, 2010 I do actually try to spin with a project in mind. However, sometimes the yarn seems to have a mind of it’s own.
I spun this gorgeous Cormo x 3 ply and it seems to be thicker than I thought. I originally planned to make the Tasha Shawl out of this one, but now [...]
By Madame Purl, on February 15th, 2010 For some reason I got a crazy idea and joined the Ravelympics. I’m in the Fleece to FO Track. I’d been wanting to spin for another pair of socks and (a) it was a good time to motivate me to do this and (b) I thought this would be fun for my Silly Sock Swap. [...]
By Madame Purl, on January 31st, 2010 I know…these titles. Sometimes I’m at a complete loss for a decent title. I meant to post these this week, but I have two work projects now and a bunch of things going on like my Fundamentals in Fiction class, which is going really well and I got some awesome feedback from my instructor this [...]
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