So much fiber, so little time

Roboscan continues

I listed back issues of Handwoven from 1982 to 1993 on eBay today. The next batch will be 1994 to 2000, and then I'll start working on the SpinOff's.

Round one of fiber magazines

59 issues of Vävmagasinet are now available on eBay. I've scanned the Handwoven's from 1982 through 1989 and hope to get those and the rest up to 2000 uploaded tomorrow.

Insult, meet injury

On top of everything else that sucks right now, my roof is leaking. (Goddesses permitting, my good friend found the offending shingle and put a temporary patch on it, but roof leaks are abysmally hard to debug ...)

A-scanning we will go

Last night, I decided that I need cash more than I need my back issues of Handwoven (to 1982), SpinOff (to 1984) and Väv (to 1990), so now I'm in robot mode, scanning magazine covers. Yawn! It would be faster to photograph them, but the scans look better, and it's easier to make methodical notes on condition, etc, when scanning.

Fortunately, I have the able assistance of Techno Kitty Jeeves, who is completely fascinated by the noises of printers and scanners.

And we appear to have a chance of Winter Storm Wilma/Alpha, at least in the higher elevations. With any luck, that won't mean me: there are still way too many leaves on trees for snow.

The hat series continues

This is the eleventh Keesmere hat. Since I had all that dyed yarn and hadn't done any stranded knitting in a while, I chose a 13th century Spanish pattern from Here Be Wyverns. The crown decreases merged into the pattern very nicely, and I'm pleased with the look and feel of the final product. The next hat will also be stranded, using the medium gray yarn as the base color.

Otherwise, I've been immersed in learning new software for a part-time consulting project. Won't pay much, but any income greater than zero is welcome.

And I got a little bit of good news this morning: my spruce trees won't be affected by the road construction. One of them will need a haircut to allow for head room on the walkway, and the other is far enough back to be left alone.

A sweet hat

I really like the latest Keesmere hat. It's very simple in construction (double layer of mock-cable ribbing with a stockinette crown), but it fits snugly and weighs in at a mere 1.6 ounces.

I think I've found places to advertise to Keeshond owners both online and in print, so the next step is to get some sort of store ready for sales.

Let sleeping cats lie

Huey (on the right) and Jeeves napping in the sun. At least Jeeves isn't attacking my knitting. The current project used a provisional cast on, and there's apparently something irresistible about 5/2 perle cotton. Do you think they spin it with catnip?

Yet another invasion of fat yarn

I got the Nov/Dec issue of Handwoven today where the cover trumpets:

FAST & FABULOUS
thick yarns for quick weaving

There's a survey listed in the issue (http://www.interweave.com/weave/) where, at least at the moment, we cranky old fine yarn bitches are winning.