Tour de Fleece 2017 was a win! Since yellow makes me look dead, I'll post about it here instead of getting a yellow ANYTHING, let alone a jersey right next to my face. Tour de Fleece is a "competition" that runs concurrently with the Tour de France. The idea is that every day that the… Continue reading "That’s gonna be a fascinating transition!"
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Donita2017 – Q2 update…up late
Well, since it's halfway through August, it only makes sense that I finally give you an update on how spring went, right?Q2 kicked my butt - I'm not even gonna try to be nice about it. It was rough. I was so ready for it to be over, it's not even funny. There were a… Continue reading Donita2017 – Q2 update…up late
Donita2017 – Q1 update
Here we are, the end of the first quarter of 2017. While I've been short on words the last few months, I've not been short on FOs. I've finished 3 sweaters in 3 months! It's crazy! I decided that I really had so many nice sweater quantities of yarn, with so many nice patterns… Continue reading Donita2017 – Q1 update
From fluff to finished object
I love spinning (have I mentioned that?). And I love the path spinning takes to yarn and then later, finished object. Fiber Optic has the most luscious fiber, it's always beautifully prepared and is a joy to spin. That was exactly the case with this braid. Seriously - click the link and go get your own.… Continue reading From fluff to finished object
Donita 2017: Maintain My Groovy Self
I had a beloved professor in undergrad who regularly told her students to "Maintain your groovy selves!" or, once we knew her lingo, just "Maintain!" Just picturing her technicolor post-its and marker notes on assignments now makes me smile. When I sat down to think about goals for this coming year and what theme to… Continue reading Donita 2017: Maintain My Groovy Self
Donita 2016: Crafty recap
You know what's awesome? When you are reevaluating basically how you do life, and your doctor/therapist/alternative medicine professional all ask you what you do to bring joy to your life and you tell them about your small obsession with fiber arts and they unanimously agree that you should definitely embrace that and do as much… Continue reading Donita 2016: Crafty recap
Spinzilla 2016 – COLOR
After knitting 2 1/2 pounds of a neutral during Tour de Fleece, I knew I would want to spin some color in the fall. When my LYS announced they were sponsoring a team for Spinzilla, I decided to join in, even though I hadn't participated in the event previously. Spinzilla is another made-up, just-for-fun event… Continue reading Spinzilla 2016 – COLOR
Janis and My First Tour de Fleece
I love spinning - and it has wonderful therapeutic effects for me, especially when I have a raging headache. But the physical element to spinning on a treadle wheel just isn't always an option. With fibromyalgia & CFS, the random aches, pains and fatigue sometimes make doing anything physical, especially consistent motion difficult, if not… Continue reading Janis and My First Tour de Fleece
The road so far…
2016 has been quite the ride already. Lots more drama than I prefer and certainly more than I'm going to dwell on enough to write about here. In happier news, I have finished a few things. :)The first FO of my year was a cowl, from handspun yarn, that I started back in August &… Continue reading The road so far…
Caution – Works in Progress
Looking at everything I have in progress currently, I had a thought - aren't we all really WIPs? None of us are totally complete. We will continue to grow, be re-worked, change, mature, refine with time. Woah, that was unexpectedly heavy.So why should I let these WIPs get me down? Time to celebrate the WIPs in… Continue reading Caution – Works in Progress
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