Rest after much Activity

Yesterday was a jam packed day. I wonder where that expression comes from? I don’t recall jam being packed – but perhaps it is a different kind of jam. One of the highlights of yesterday was getting a video in the mail – SPINNING WOOL – BASICS & BEYOND Wheels, Fiber Preparation and [...]

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World’s Largest Pink Ribbon

A friend sent me a link about 3M building the largest pink ribbon (breast cancer awareness) in New York’s Time Square. With each quick online registration on the page, 3M will donate $1 per entry. Click the link and register NOW!
Breast Cancer Awareness
More later….

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Spinning Dreams

I received 2 full years of Spin-Off back issues in the mail the other day, the result of an eBay conquest. I have been reading and dreaming, dreaming and planning. Hoping and wishing. But no spinning and no knitting.
I also did a lot of eBay work for my brother, and website work [...]

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Pssst! Want to see my skein?

It is kind of a grey day outside and the lighting in my home makes colors go weird so I decided to scan my first skein of yarn that I spun on my own wheel and another spool.

My first yarn that I made! It is like magic, except I know how hard it [...]

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Minnesota (Twin Cities) Ample Knitters

I went to yesterday’s gathering at the Borders on Hamline in St. Paul, MN. It was a small gathering this month. I guess we are going to try to keep it going every 3rd Saturday of the month.
This time I remembered to bring my camera, so here are some pics:

Alex

Alex, Kerry, Barbara and [...]

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Thursday

No knitting today. I just took some time tucking in the ends of my finished square for Carol’s afghan. It felt good to send it out. But now in reading Renee’s blog I see her beautiful square and it reminds me that I did not take a picture or scan it before [...]

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What I bought at Detta’s

Warning: reading this may either quiet some of your fiber addiction tendencies or get them ramped up.
I went to Detta’s Spindle in Maple Plain, MN yesterday. It took me about 45 minutes to get there – not too bad. I got a chance to look at her room of spinning wheels. [...]

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Appointment Set!

In getting together with Kerry she has mentioned Detta’s Spindles, a somewhat local fiber and spinning/knitting place. I guess this women has a house full of great stuff, lots of spinning wheels to try and is very helpful. I checked in with Detta and made an appointment to visit her home/shop tomorrow at [...]

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Visiting a friend

Last night…oops, I guess it is tomorrow (Sunday) already so I should say Friday night… I visited another MN Ample Knitter person. She wanted some tips on how to do beaded knitted amulet bags, and because I have done *ahem* several ( I have lost count) I offered to help out.
I suggested that we [...]

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Zen

Found on an online dictionary:
Zen: A school of Mahayana Buddhism that asserts that enlightenment can be attained through meditation, self-contemplation, and intuition rather than through faith and devotion and that is practiced mainly in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Also called Zen Buddhism.
I guess they left out the part about knitting trance. Meditation [...]

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