Talking of Socks…..
As my recent flight from San Diego to San Francisco was cancelled due to the awful weather I went with my lovely hostess, Nancy, to her group of women as a school who came to class to learn machine knitting. Read More …
Author: CarolynMB
Dyeing Differently – Part 2
My recent trip to San Francisco and stay with Nancy Robertshttp://www.machineknittingtodyefor.com/ netted me a lesson in painting knitted pieces and then two pieces for me to knit up into socks. I love the idea of knitting up pieces and dyeing Read More …
Here’s Another Test Post
Not sure what I’ll write here but I’ll endeavour to put in a feature photo or some more photos! How do I do this? Not sure what I’ll write here but I’ll endeavour to put in a feature photo or some Read More …
New Hand Dyed Socks
Well, I’ve finally knit the socks from the yarn that I painted in San Francisco. They’re almost finished but I have to catch a stitch I dropped rows ago!
Dyeing Differently and Fibre Fun
Nancy Davis & me in San Diego I recently was invited to travel to California by two wonderful Machine Knitting Guilds (San Diego & San Francisco) and it was Nancy Roberts of the San Francisco guild and of machineknittingtodyefor.com who Read More …
A Snowy MK Club afternoon.
Well, mild but blustery, I made it over to Karen’s yesterday and we spent nearly three hours together. We had planned to meet at another member’s house out in the country but the snow and wind were so bad no Read More …
East Coast Explorations
I can’t believe I haven’t posted anything since early Summer! It’s not like I’ve been away from the computer…I’ve spent a lot of time on my laptop….teaching myself WordPress to rebuild my web sites (my former platform providers have closed Read More …
Show Food – Good Eatin’
Whew! Well, June is over and so are the three shows I did last month. Long ago I set it up so I would be doing one show per month, that gave me time to get more stock done, some Read More …
Felting – More Hats!
Yesterday I took a felted hat workshop with Chris Hall of Cake~Tin Hats and once again I learned so much from another master. The workshop took place at a fave haunt of mine in Picton ON…Rosehaven Yarn Shop.My first foray Read More …
My Garter Carriage Love/Hate Relationship!
I waited years until I chanced upon an opportunity to buy a Brother knitting machine and a much anticipated Garter Carriage. I’d been a Singer knitter (they don’t have garter carriages) for about 25 years when this happened and I Read More …