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  • 288 Yards of Peggy

    A few months ago, Rayna picked up a massive stash of fiber from someone who had opted to get rid of, literally, a garbage bag full of the stuff. She was going through it and held up a braid and declared that she would likely never spin it up. I said ‘I would!’ and Rayna…

  • The Perils of Online Yarn

    I saw this yarn on Etsy a few weeks ago that I absolutely had to have. Sure, it looked just like all my other s@!t, but it was coming from Europe and it was pure silk (and therefore it shouldn’t count against my moratorium on turquoise yarn) and I was dreaming of a beaded wedding…

  • Road Trip Pt 2 – Woolverine

    While Rayna and I were in Waterloo we decided to check out another brand new store in nearby Kitchener, called ‘Woolverine’ (great name!). This store is literally a week old, and located in a fantastic space above street level. It feels a little tucked away but I have no doubt that once the word gets…

  • Fiber Road Trip (or the Great Dearth of Shame)

    Last Saturday, Rayna (my partner in fiber-related crime) invited me on a road trip to Waterloo to visit a yarn store I had never been to, ‘Shall We Knit?’. Much damage to my credit cards ensued because, wow, what a gorgeous store. Good thing I’m shameless when it comes to yarn. We met with the…

  • Kickin’ Back Alpaca Ranch

    You know you’ve got amazing friends when they’re willing to tramp off in search of an alpaca farm with you :) The morning after our hike in Collingwood we all drove to the Kickin’ Back Alpaca Ranch in Markdale Ontario for some fleecy love. Carolyn and Doug, the owners, are friendly, accommodating folk who toured…

  • I don’t want to dye alone….

    Last Sunday, myself and my favourite likeminded nerdy girls held the much-anticipated ‘dying party’ at our (subsequently trashed) condo. Rayna and Leslie came over bearing bearing armfuls of fibre and edibles, (Tito retreated to the bedroom with the computer and headphones), and we did our best to make the apartment look like a herd of…

  • What, you’re allergic? Let’s put some on the wall!

    Ok, so he’s not that allergic. Tito’s pretty awesome =D and he made me this: Pretty snazzy, eh? If you’d like to make your own, or to sucker someone into making one for you… he’s posted a DIY right here.    

  • Purl Soho

    What trip to NYC is complete without a visit (or 2) to the cooler-than-cool Soho neighbourhood? Ok, ostensibly to shop for clothes.. but really to go to Purl Soho. And it didn’t disappoint in the least. Yarn purchased in a different area code is exempt from my yarn diet, right? I couldn’t resist some goodies…

  • Frolicking

    This is what it looks like outside right now. Which makes right now a perfect time to blog about the Knitter’s Frolic, because goodness knows I can use some colour at the moment. My goodies for the day – 3 skeins of sock yarn, one of which will be Tito’s first knitted socks (you can…

  • Knotty by Nature Fibre Arts (or, My Socks Grow Funky)

    I was admiring my socks (and how they feel in Crocs… oh, the cushiness…) and I was thinking perhaps I had enjoyed them quite enough and they were due for a wash. This got me thinking ‘what the hell was in that yarn anyway?’ which led sadly to ‘I haven’t a clue’. I bought the…