http://www.textillian.com Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:33:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reference So, last Wednesday, I was at the Maryland State Fair, judging the spinning and weaving competition for the third and final year (at least for now.) They will have new judges next year, so if you haven't liked the way that I or my cohort have judged the contest, you ... http://www.textillian.com/?p=973 Reference So, what I had to the loom? I began with purchasing four skeins of Djinni from Dragonfly Fibers in the Spring in Washington colorway. Don't bother looking around for it. It was a colorway only available this spring. Whether it will be available again next spring, you will have to ... http://www.textillian.com/?p=960 Reference Well, Mel ask for a close up, so here it is. Yep, the tattoos are long gone. They only lasted about two days, and then they started to wear off, so we washed them the rest of the way off. You see, they were only airbrush tattoos. Sorry to disappoint. We got ... http://www.textillian.com/?p=950 Reference So did you ever think that I would get a tattoo? Mr. Penney got one, too. So what do you think? Copyright 2010 by G. P. Donohue for textillian.com http://www.textillian.com/?p=946 Reference Well, I finally got it off the loom before it reach a year. I basically had to bulldoze through this project because I wanted to use the loom for other things, but the yarn was too expensive for me to just cut off and call it a day. Here are my ... http://www.textillian.com/?p=939 Reference Woohoo! Look what arrived on Wednesday! The fleece that I bought from Triple R Farms at MSWF arrived. Ain't it purdy! As you might have suspected, I have already started spinning it. Being that it was over a six pound Romney fleece (though it may be less six now after processing), I have plenty ... http://www.textillian.com/?p=933 Reference Another blog entry, another completed project! I finished my slip stitch rib socks in Djinni in the Reluctant Dragon colorway this past weekend. They immediately were washed and on Wednesday were worn all day. The yarn is 80% superwash merino, 10% cashmere, and 10% nylon. Having worn the socks, I can tell you ... http://www.textillian.com/?p=924 Reference Writing this post makes me feel like I am on a roll. I am not. It was just that it was so long since I have written about something other than the blanket or stash enhancement that I have had time to actually do some knitting and some spinning. Let's ... http://www.textillian.com/?p=916 Reference So, about the baby blanket. As I mentioned earlier, I had a few gifts to make for people that were having babies, and this is the last of the gifts in that series. It is for my niece, who is expecting her first child, my sister's first grandchild, and my ... http://www.textillian.com/?p=904 Reference Well, as you might have suspected, I did go to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival the other week. It was a hot one, too. I can't remember it being that warm (up to 90 degrees) at the festival. Fortunately, this year, Columbia Sip and Knit had a hospitality "suite" ... http://www.textillian.com/?p=896