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Karen's Craft Odyssey

Karen's Craft Odyssey

Spinning, Weaving and Knitting (and whatever else I want to play with)

Archive for October, 2006

Sun
29
Oct '06

I can stop this any time…

really! I’m not addicted to crafts.
Well, I was really too tired the other night to be washing my scarf. Silly me, I put it in the washer. Was going to run it on delicate, but that took too long, so, without thinking, I set it to quick wash. It was [...]

Fri
27
Oct '06

This is almost too easy…

I warped up and wove another scarf tonight. Took me less than five hours. The warp is a silver/gray cotton chenille. The weft is from Lincraft — a Feathers-like eyelash yarn twisted together with a chenille. Took me about 30 minutes to warp up, then I wove it while Betsy and [...]

Thu
26
Oct '06

Way to go, Frank!

The local news tonight included a segment where they interviewed Frank as a marketing expert. No boring academic, either. I think he came off rather well (IMHO — as unbiased as I am)! Download it here in WMV format.

Thu
26
Oct '06

Here it is!

[thumb:461:l]As I said earlier, I warped up the new loom last night at Nite Owls. I used the lovely yarn that Paula had given me at camp two weeks ago. It’s not very wide, so it was pretty quick to warp up. The weaving went very quickly too. Guess what! [...]

Wed
25
Oct '06

New Toy

I picked up my Knitter’s loom at Night Owls tonight. Jenny got hers
too. We both managed to warp up a scarf pretty quickly. I wove quite
a bit after I got home. I’m using the pretty yarn that Paula gave me.
I’m quite pleased with the way it’s turning out. Pictures tomorrow.