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Getting out of this snow and heading south to rain this coming Sunday.  Spending a week with  family in both Seattle and then Portland.  Will be shopping for yarn, of course, too!  So, there will be no Friday Night Knitting … Continue reading →

Awhile back I downloaded the Vogue Knitting smartphone app.  I need to use it more than I do, but it is a neat app, with places to store your needles, yarns, projects, etc.  Then there are sections for help, stitch … Continue reading →

If you’ve got nothing else to do with your money, buy some Cashmere, or Qiviut, or Angora. Cashmere comes from a goat, originally from kashmir in India.  It has long, coarse guard hairs which are made into brushes.  It’s downy undercoat, … Continue reading →

Mohair is a great fiber, actually as warm as wool, but stronger.  It does not come from the Mo, but from the Angora goat – an original native of Ankara, Turkey, but now mostly from South Africa, with the US … Continue reading →