http://www.whorledandpurled.com Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:54:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So everyone always talks about how crappy Sugar n' Cream yarn is ("dishcloth cotton", if you will), but when I saw all the fun bright colors they had at Michael's the other day, I got overly excited and bought some - bright orange, bright blue, pale yellow, and bright red. ... http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=52 Look what I found floating around Craigslist (for free, none the less)!  I think she's secretly a model! Her name is Emma, and her interests include licking, fingers, and licking fingers. Chris is thrilled to have his leg attacked http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=51 What does a really nerdy person knit? A handspun dice bag for role playing, of course...and then, apparently, she names it after her World of Warcraft character :P My Erinndaii bag:   I also made some socks from some sock yarn remnants Dani handed off to me...and everyone informed me that they ... http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=50 So I haven't crocheted anything in about seven or eight years...but I made myself re-learn (kinda) so I could make this! He would have been better with safety eyes, but since I didn't have any I just embroidered the whole eye on. Next I'm going to make the big blue Totoro so ... http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=47 So I finished the actual bag part of my curbing bag today, and grafted/kitchenered the bottom together. I don't have any fabric to line it yet, and I am really not looking forward to making icord for the handle. I may wait (although seeing as I have negative ... http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=46 I finally finished them!  And I love them!   And as I predicted, Chris wants a pair for himself - good thing he can't fit into mine.     http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=45 I finally managed to spin a decent fingering-weight yarn!  And it's prettier in person than it is in the pictures...the color is much more beauteous.       http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=44 I'm pretty happy with them!  If I were to do them again though, I'd shape the bigger toe cap a little differently.  Currently I'm a little past the heel...not sure how long I want to make the cuff yet though.  I'm thinking they'll probably end up being short socks, since that's ... http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=43 I wanted to make tabi socks to wear with my flip flops this summer.  I attempted the Lickety Split pattern, but it completely confused me and made me want to bang my head against the wall.  So I decided to make up my own pattern, using my normal toe-up sock techniques.  I ... http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=41 It would appear that I'm incapable of spinning fingering-weight yarn!  Last time it was too thin; this time...I managed to get only 90 yards out of half of the 109 grams of roving I dyed, when I should have gotten at least 175 yards.  I fail!  I spun the other ... http://www.whorledandpurled.com/?p=40