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Author Archives: CrazyVet
Visiting Malabrigo Yarns workshop
My mother invited me to join her on a trip to South America, to meet my sister there and explore our familial routes in Uruguay and Argentina. I accepted, posing one condition: when we visit Montevideo, we must go visit … Continue reading
Lacy cardigan for my sis
My sister is away, travelling in central America, which may disturb my mother but is great for me, leaving me with plenty of time to finish her birthday present, which was due over a month ago. I made her a … Continue reading
Figs, figs and some more figs
The benefit of having a relative living in a rural, agricultural area is that you have access to plenty of fresh produce in season. The downside of that same benefit is that it usually comes in such great quantities, that … Continue reading
Posted in In my kitchen
Tagged figs, harvest, jam, liqueur
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First dyeing experiments
I bought some Greener Shades dyes from my friend Galia who sells them through her ArtFire shop and started experimenting with some yarn skeins I had lying around and even though of destashing because I didn’t like their colour, as … Continue reading
Posted in Dyeing
Tagged fibre, Greener Shades, hand dyeing, photography, yarn
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My first Phat Fiber box!
After my friend Galia told me about Phat Fiber sampler box, I knew I had to try them out at least once. She also mentioned that they’re hard to get, so I thought I’d give it a try, and if … Continue reading
S&B picnic
Just a few photos from the picnic our local S&B group had in one of the nicest parks in Tel Aviv earlier today, taking advantage of a nice and not-too-hot Friday morning…
Cherry madness
Not precisely fibre related, but still a big project: we have picked some 50 kilos of cherries from my the trees in my man’s childhood home, where his mother still lives. Of course we couldn’t eat them all, even when … Continue reading
Natural Carbon
I didn’t mention it at all, but I’ve had a big project on my needles for a good bit of time, but somehow never got to take a good picture of it so I didn’t feel like writing about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting
Tagged alpaca, cardigan, ceramic buttons, circular yoke, Coraline, knitting
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More yarn
I ordered last week some yarn from Eat.Sleep.Knit and was surprised when I got so quickly. I decided it would be wise to make myself another sweater because I suspect it’s going to be quite cold here, and I prefer … Continue reading
BB socks
I forgot to mention when I wrote about my visit to the Benediktbeuren textile market the knitting project that I took with me. As expected, I couldn’t spend a weekend among other knitters, in a textile fair, without knitting myself, … Continue reading