Saturday, 23 February 2013
Rovings
I like roving, here is some I got in my stash waiting for my attention, it's all merino superwash some I did with my hackle, still have to finish a blanket before starting to spin.
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Neck Warmer
Just finished this neck warmer, with a mix of merino, cashmere and angora, no pattern as I was just playing around with leftovers from a pullover.
Free knitting patterns
The Garn studio's site is offering the Drops designs the most amazing collections of free knitting patterns, cool yarns with good pricing and discounts plus they do post videos to discover new techniques and helping you all around their different patterns.
http://www.garnstudio.com
Their videos can be very handy and easy to play over and over again as much needed and their patterns are absolutely gorgeous.
http://www.garnstudio.com
Their videos can be very handy and easy to play over and over again as much needed and their patterns are absolutely gorgeous.
Friday, 15 February 2013
My knitting needles/Mes broches à tricoter
The set is from Knitters Pride "Dreamz" circulars interchangeable made of laminated birch, they are great. Each size is color coded from 3.5mm to 6.0mm or US 4 to 10.
with cords from 40cm/16" up to 150cm/60" plus connectors that can even make any lenght I really need.
The other 2 metallic ones on top are my favorites for socks knitting, they are fix circulars Addi Turbo, the best ever needles, quite expensive but they really worth it.
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Silk Bolero
Sunday, 26 February 2012
A blog about fiber / Un blog rempli de fibres
Fibers!!!!
This is not about diet. I have to confess for years I've been addicted to fibers, I'm a knitter and I enjoy shopping at the local stores feeling the softness, the colour schemes of their yarns, until they closed one after the other. My options were buying yarns at the large surface stores and getting low quality, knowing very well the results wouldn't meet the time invested. I fired up the computer to my rescue, I started searching for good yarn stores in a larger area to see if I could nourish my addiction, all I found was for one: long distance driving (time + cost of fuel) second: price of yarn. I wasn't happy, I went back searching for on line stores instead, this was an interesting search 100s of on line yarn stores to look at, compare quality, price, shipping and overall services.
It's not like I don't have any patience as you can see I crocheted this large filet curtain... so there was time to start a new adventure. Click here, click there, first I found out most on line stores were from the US and since I'm living in Canada I was trying to find good deals here first but it's not easy the postal fees are very high, so I though to check ebay, really nothing local, looking at the first 3 pages all the sellers were in China, thanks but no thanks. Then I turned looking to the US if I could find something interesting. DBNY yarn girls got some very good quality yarn and fair shipping with sales and discounts, I ordered on January 6th 2012 the order didn't get shipped until January 11th even with payment confirmation on the 6th, delivered on the 17th, the yarn was well packed in perfect condition. For an average of $2.52 per skein including the shipping for top quality well known brand 100% mercerised cotton it was a really good deal as they were selling on this side of the border even on sale from $6.00 to $9.00 per skein and not including the shipping. From my experience, I can say it's worth taking the time to check if you are looking for deals.
http://www.discontinuedbrandnameyarn.com/shop/
This is not about diet. I have to confess for years I've been addicted to fibers, I'm a knitter and I enjoy shopping at the local stores feeling the softness, the colour schemes of their yarns, until they closed one after the other. My options were buying yarns at the large surface stores and getting low quality, knowing very well the results wouldn't meet the time invested. I fired up the computer to my rescue, I started searching for good yarn stores in a larger area to see if I could nourish my addiction, all I found was for one: long distance driving (time + cost of fuel) second: price of yarn. I wasn't happy, I went back searching for on line stores instead, this was an interesting search 100s of on line yarn stores to look at, compare quality, price, shipping and overall services.
It's not like I don't have any patience as you can see I crocheted this large filet curtain... so there was time to start a new adventure. Click here, click there, first I found out most on line stores were from the US and since I'm living in Canada I was trying to find good deals here first but it's not easy the postal fees are very high, so I though to check ebay, really nothing local, looking at the first 3 pages all the sellers were in China, thanks but no thanks. Then I turned looking to the US if I could find something interesting. DBNY yarn girls got some very good quality yarn and fair shipping with sales and discounts, I ordered on January 6th 2012 the order didn't get shipped until January 11th even with payment confirmation on the 6th, delivered on the 17th, the yarn was well packed in perfect condition. For an average of $2.52 per skein including the shipping for top quality well known brand 100% mercerised cotton it was a really good deal as they were selling on this side of the border even on sale from $6.00 to $9.00 per skein and not including the shipping. From my experience, I can say it's worth taking the time to check if you are looking for deals.
http://www.discontinuedbrandnameyarn.com/shop/
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