Pile of yarn and a spindle

As The Yarn Turns

The tales of how I squeeze knitting and spinning into an already full life
Mon, 19 Oct 2009
Look! A Ferret!

Here's a picture of ferret to divert your attention from the fact that I haven't been blogging or knitting lately.

Dexter checking out the new tube

"Wow, nice new tube, mom!" - Dexter

Things became completely crazy here. Let's just say it's just me, Katie cat, and the ferrets here now and leave it at that. We're fine, just surviving some craziness.

Because of all that, I haven't been doing much knitting, although I did get some knitting done during #imaginaryrhinebeck this weekend on Twitter. On Saturday night, the Yarn Harlot invited all of us on Twitter who couldn't go to the real Rhinebeck, to go to Imaginaryrhinebeck. There were (imaginary) food, drinks, a bonfire, shopping, fiber, knitting, and singing. It was a fun substitute for the real thing. If you didn't know already, I'm ferrethouse on Twitter. I'm not always that regular with updates though and I follow an eclectic group of people.

While I was at the library the other day, they had a display of knitted food from the local knitting guild.

Knitted food

I took this photo with my cell phone so hopefully it's okay. There was also another display case with red scarves for the Red Scarf Project. No picture for that display. I'm not a member of the guild but I do go to the local knitting group get togethers now and then.

Maybe this week I can get back into some kind of blogging routine.


by Sydney  |


About Me

My name is Sydney, woman of many hobbies.
Some of my interests are painting and drawing, knitting, spinning, genealogy, and other crafts that catch my fancy. I'm also interested in investing and computer programming.
I live in Alabama with 3 ferrets, a cat, and a number of fish.
Why DoctorDirt? Because I have a degree in Soil Science.



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Works in Progress

Rambling Rows Afghan, Wool-ease - 43%
Mohair lace wrap, my own design, Jaeger Mohair Art

Finished Objects

Dublin Bay socks in Koigu
Summer top in Patons Katrina (my design)
Men's mittens, my design in Cascade 220
Cable Pullover (Fall 2003 Vogue)
Shetland Tea Shawl (Gathering of Lace)
ChicKnits Ribby Cardi, Elann Peruvian Highland Wool
Socknitters Challenge, May socks in Cherry Tree Hill, African Grey
Cotton Socks, basic sock pattern, Filatura Di Crosa Dolce Amore yarn
iPod Sock, my design, hand spun yarn
Shetland Lace Scarf, fircone pattern
Fingerless Mittens, my own design
Mountain Colors Bearfoot socks, basic sock pattern, Mountain Colors Bearfoot yarn, Silverbow colorway.
Shapely Tee, White Lies Design,Tahki Cotton Classic.
Gentleman's Socks in Railway Stitch, Knitting Vintage Socks, Steinback Wolle Strapaz
April Socks, basic sock pattern, Opal Brasil 5003
Arrowhead Lace Scarf, my own design, Jade Sapphire Cashmere-Silk, Ruby Slippers
Schaeffer Anne socks, basic sock pattern


Instructions

Making a PVC niddy noddy


Patterns

Fingerless Mittens
Arrowhead Lace Scarf


Knitting and Fiber Books I'm Reading

Mason-Dixon Knitting: The Curious Knitters' Guide: Stories, Patterns, Advice, Opinions, Questions, Answers, Jokes, and PicturesClever basic patterns combined with interesting stories.
The Alden Amos Big Book of Handspinning A good basic spinning reference but the style of the writing is often controversial.
Knitting Over The Edge: Unique Ribs, Cords, Appliques, Color, Eclectic A great reference for uncommon as well as more traditional edgings.


I'm Watching:

Charlie Wilsons War
Charlie Wilson's War


I'm Reading:

Wicked
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West


Some Favorite Links

My soil web site
The Classic Magic of Rick and Sydney
My art web site
WiseNeedle: An Online Resource for Knitters
Yarn Conversion Chart
Spindlers
ICanSpin.Com
Ferret Central


Favorite Blogs

Bloglines Blogroll


Project Spectrum

Knitters' Coffee Swap

Knitters Without Borders

Saturday Sky

Posted on: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 
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