Fiberlyone Blog

Busy, Busy

I’m still here – just been busy trying to get office, stash and sewing room in order. They are all intertwined because yarn and fabric have ended up in all of them. I’m too...

One Skein

Thanks to my Secret Pal for the very soft Baby Bee Pitter Patter yarn. Not sure what to do with it, but I’m sure it will make some baby very happy. Site Feed

Janet Lace Shawl Revisited

Not only did the Janet Lace Shawl get posted to the Knit Picks site, it’s on the COVER of the May catalog. If you knit and you don’t get the catalog you probably should...

Other things

Dog PalsCody and Mandy are pals, but it’s not often that they actually hang out together. Here’s what I saw. I thought it would be cool to have the front view, but good and...

Finishing Projects

The on-going projectThere’s nothing like anticipating visits from friends and family to get us (okay – me) cleaning and organizing. It took about nine months after we moved in to get my sewing and...

Fickle

Yesterday, as I was putting things in my pack to take to Michelle’s, I kept thinking about the linen shrug I knit up in 2003. It was my first experience with linen yarn. It...

Knitting and roses

Roses FirstWith all the sun of last week, the roses started popping out. Here are some of the first. The apricot rose came from a bush that suffered greatly from the odd weather of...

Untwisted

The twist front top isn’t. You’d think I’d learn, but I guess not in this case. Because I don’t like clothes too tight, I have a tendency to choose sizes that are too large...

Road Trip Report

On May 3, we set off to visit Patty’s mom in Sun City West, AZ, northwest of Phoenix. We headed east to John Day so Tom could see where he spent a year as...

Good to be home

Okay. So my plan was to come home and post to the blog about the trip and my meager knitting exploits, but that hasn’t happened yet. Too many pictures and my short attention span,...