the blue blog archives: winding and unwinding

I've been winding yarn. Some handspun yarn, to be exact. Not spun by me, of course. Nope, winding is as close as I'll ever get. The handspun balls are two little mini-skeins of wool from misshawklet, that fellow Knitsmith Lisa found at the Bizarre Bazaar here in Boston, and a skein of angora/merino by Jamie Harmon that I found at Downtown Yarns. I had this idea of collecting a few random skeins of handspun for a long, funky scarf. I'm still looking for one or two more, but after seeing these fun yarns sit on my desk for months, I couldn't wait anymore to wind them up and get started.

And check out this neat new knitting t-shirt from knitiot that we just got in at my LYS.

They have lots of other funny knitting tees and they are sooo cool. We sold three on the very first day we had them in!

posted by alison at 10:15 am | in 2005 accessories , the scarf file

Comments

I love that tshirt! The handspuns look great too. The scarf will be very funky cool!

Posted by: brooke at August 1, 2005 10:40 AM

That tee is so cute! I wonder if they'd do one with a ball of yarn in a highball glass.

Posted by: gwyn at August 1, 2005 10:57 AM

OK, I've been fighting the urge to get back to Brookline and see what's left in the sale bin, but the cocktail knitting t-shirt's put me over the edge. must have it. See you soon!

Thea

Posted by: thea at August 1, 2005 11:20 AM

That's a great tee!!! ;)

Posted by: Andrea at August 1, 2005 12:03 PM

OOOOOH, I NEED that shirt!

nice :)

And I might have a prezzy for you next time I see you. I've been making some homespun/handspun of my own lately..what weights are those, or does it matter?

Posted by: Amber at August 1, 2005 3:31 PM

Seriously, dude. You just went and jinxed yourself on the spinning thing.

;-)

Posted by: claudia at August 1, 2005 4:49 PM

Ha, ha, Claudia! Very nice! Don't go thinking that just because I changed my mind about socks, you're going to start me spinning. Not going to happen. I'm feeling pretty jinx-proof on this one.

Posted by: alison at August 1, 2005 8:16 PM

Hey, I just discovered I can see your pics in Safari, though not in Firefox. Love the tee, too cute!

Posted by: Kerstin at August 5, 2005 3:35 PM