I’ve known about KnitEast Atlantic Fibre Fest for a very long time, but it took quite a while before I registered for any classes. For once, I had a good reason other than simple procrastination: I am getting married twelve days before KnitEast starts. Even though we are having a small wedding, it does mean [...]

I’m moving into a new apartment tomorrow, which is why I haven’t been posting lately. There has been apartment-hunting, packing, and suchlike. It’ll also take a few days after I move in for my Internet to be set up, and I probably won’t have much time for either knitting or blogging until a little while [...]

Remember when I said it wasn’t going to be possible for me to spin all two ounces of that first bit of fibre during the Tour? Well, I didn’t do it, but I almost did, and if I had gotten the hang of spinning just a little bit earlier than I actually did, I definitely [...]

For all intents and purposes, I have finished knitting the Tangled Up in Blue Socks… but I can’t actually wear them until I weave those four ends in. The plan is to do that tomorrow morning, although I shouldn’t have said that, because as I’ve mentioned before, claiming on the Internet that I will do [...]

The temperature in Fredericton today was roughly equivalent to the temperature on the surface of the sun. With the humidex, it was 43° Celsius. (Without, it was 32°, but you can’t discount the humidity. It makes you feel like you are in a container of syrup all day.) All winter, when we were surrounded by [...]