Saturday is for…

Saturday is for sleeping in after a very satisfying concert Friday night (Bright Eyes at the Millenium Center in Winston-Salem – I was very much looking forward to it, but they were better than I anticipated!) Bad cell pic of Heather, Tess & I (Tad’s the photographer) grabbing a bite and a drink before the [...]

Kaylee Socks!

It’s Socktoberfest! How about some socks? My Kaylee’s are finished, and thus also my very first handspun, handknitted project (and it’s been a long time coming)! I know that this is just a tiny knit, and that there are amazingly talented people spinning and knitting positively gorgeous things with their handspun all the time*, but [...]

Spinning In Progress

Chuck no. 2 was cast on in the company of the fine Chapel Hill Stitchers Monday evening while I decided what to do about the toe of Chuck no. 1 (I’ll elaborate properly in the FO post – I learned so much about socks with this project – and I even conquered kitchener stitch!). After [...]

So much to say…..

1. Into Indie movies? Go check out Tad’s review of Once. It was terrific. Loved it & the music too. 2. While we’re on the music topic – great shows, coming our way. There are rumors that Cloud Cult may also make their way southeast this fall – now that would be amazing. Okkervil River [...]

Fire Roving – Finished!

I never thought it possible. I spun, plied and blocked almost 4 oz. of roving in one week. In the grand scheme of things, that’s probably not much, but it’s all relative. For me, this is a huge accomplishment. It’s amazing what total brain overload can produce when combined with the power of procrastination! The [...]

“Working From Home”

After a pretty insane month at work that culminated in a heinous week and a particularly heinous day yesterday, my boss informed me that I was “working from home” today. In other words – I’m on call in case of emergencies, my work laptop on & at the ready, but I’m really just taking the [...]