TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

Author: textillian

  • Wave on Wave

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    Reference You may remember this handspun from a while ago. The fiber is superwash merino and bamboo from Fiber Optic. When I saw it, it reminded me of water, which made me think of my sister, as she and her family like going “downy oshun”. (No, they do not talk like that.) With that in…

  • Like a Feather

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    Reference Back around Thanksgiving, Mr. Penney was talking to his mother. At this time, she hinted that it would be really nice if I could knit her a cowl like she saw at J.C.Penney. I went and took a look at the cowls that J.C.Penney was selling, and decided that I did not like any…

  • Wrap Her Up

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    Reference Well, the temperatures have dropped here; and I have finished Mr. Penney’s Christmas present just in time for him to use it! Now, don’t get too excited. It’s his Christmas present from last year. (In my defense, he was given the option of a scarf from yarn that was already spun, or from fiber…

  • Skeletons

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    Reference Ok, that seems like a really odd title for a post about baby blankets, but I will get to that in a bit. Turns out that my niece Maureen, Colleen‘s twin sister, is also expecting and is due pretty darn soon. And not only is she expecting, but she is expecting twins! Yes, double…

  • Thank you

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    I know that I said that my next post would be about the actual race, but really, very little changes about that from year to year. Instead, I want to talk about why I have been doing it all of these years, my sister-in-law Debbie. Here are a couple of my memories just to give…

  • Winners!

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    We have winners! The winner of the shawl is Chuck Gardetto! The winner of the massage is Lynn Zwerling! The winner of the BFL scarf is Bonnie Becker Ramsey! And the winner of the Sea Monster scarf is Dorothy D’Ascanio! I will talk about the actual race in my next post, but for now. Thank…

  • More, More, More

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    Reference Thank you all so much for your support in Race for the Cure! We have raised over $1000, thanks to you! And because I want more people to win, I am adding prizes! In addition to the shawl and the massage from New Horizons Massage, I am raffling off the scarf that got a…

  • It’s Time

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    Reference So this summer, I spun up some superwash merino/bamboo roving that I purchased from Kimber of Fiber Optic Yarns at this year’s Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. And earlier this month, I teased you with the start of what it was to become. Well, it is done. And it could be yours. Mr. Penney…

  • Pretty in Pink

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    Reference Well, my niece, Colleen, is expecting a little girl (really soon!) I don’t think anyone ever doubted that I would make her something. Because, well, really, must I explain? The pattern for this matinee jacket is from a Hayfield pattern book from years ago. I am pretty sure that the pattern book is not…

  • Where Have You Been

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    Reference Well, I didn’t post for the whole month of July. Wish that I had a good excuse for that, but I don’t. True, there are things that I am working on that I can’t show to the world just yet, (and to those of you who know what they are: Hush! Don’t spoil the…