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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
Poisonous Ishbel
I was sent earlier this month to an animal welfare course in Berlin, and couldn’t travel without some knitting on my person. I decided to start knitting an Ishbel shawl with the Poison number 5 Wollmeise 100% wool I bought … Continue reading
My precious Wollmeise
As you probably remember, I did not come back empty handed from my visit to the textile market in Benediktbeuren. So today I took the time to photograph these new additions to my stash properly, along with the photos I … Continue reading
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Tagged lightbox, macro, photography, Wollmeise, yarn
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Textilmarkt Benediktbeuern
If it weren’t enough that I could go to the First German Ravelry meeting, I was also fortunate to be able to join with some of the ladies of the local knitting group going for the weekend to Benediktbeuren, where … Continue reading
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Tagged Bavaria, Benediktbeuren, Dirndl, market, textile, Textilmarkt Benediktbeuern, weekend, Wollmeise, yarn
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First German Ravelry meeting
Shortly after I moved to Germany, I started looking for local knitting activities, and was very happy to learn that the first German Ravelry meeting was going to be held close by (in German terms) to Tübingen. I discovered that … Continue reading
Some more lightbox experiments
I had another session with my lightbox, trying to figure out the best way to photograph yarn, and I think I’m getting better at it. What do you think?
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Tagged lightbox, macro, photography, stash, yarn
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Snob spring swap
I participated in the yarn snob spring swap this year, and my package from Tracy has just arrived! I was so excited to finally receive it, and everything in it is just so nicely wrapped that I didn’t want to … Continue reading
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Tagged project bag, snob swap, stitch markers, swap, yarn, yarn snobs
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Experimenting with a lightbox
I made myself a lightbox from a giant cardboard box following this excellent tutorial, and started experimenting with it. Here are a few of the photos I took using it: I’m very happy with the result, they look so clean … Continue reading
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Tagged lightbox, macro, photography, spindle, stash, yarn
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Maroon hanspun lace yarn
As I mentioned previously, I’ve taken a pretty bad case of spinning fever. After finishing my first handspun, I quickly got some more merino top in different shades which I planned on blending together to create a slightly variegated yarn. … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning
Tagged 2-ply, handspun, laceweight, merino, spindle, spinning, variegated yarn, yarn
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Snow-white to be
Just a little WIP update: I ordered an entire bag of sublime yarns Silky Merino Aran to knit myself a Snow-White sweater following Ysolda‘s pattern. So far it’s coming along great, but as I finally took the time to upload … Continue reading