excuse the tone

but it is nonetheless wonderful.
have a great weekend&stay warm

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enter fairy godmother-again

ya'll know i do believe in fairies i do i do as in the children's choir in peter pan. 

actually that was my favorite fairy tale. no prince charming riding a white stallion for me, i preferred flying and adventures.

 as a prize for my beliefs i was graced by a fairy godmother all for myself ; peruse  that label and you'll see that my first knitting machine was a gift from her, that she introduced me to mysty fuse way back in 2008 and  that my surface design has never been the same after she sent me all kinds of funky materials.

enter she again. having read  that i had acquired a ribber she  said she  had two copies,was going through a random act of kindness period  ( as if she had ever  stepped down from it!)  and sent me THE book.

when i started mk  i looked for a bibliography to help me in my learning process. on finding that this was one of the craft's seminal books i was very upset because i had bought it around 86-87.
i remember seeing  Susanna Lewis' wonderfully patterned  m knitted coats in the windows of julies artisans' gallery in new york and dreaming of the time i could knit my own. casually one day  i came across her book in a bookstore and bought it.  you see, there  had  always been a knitting machine on the back burner but i, alas gave the book  away in one of my more than frequent moves. i have very few regrets  in my life and  giving that book away was one of them.

those of you who are machine knitters understand what this means because this book not only is a bible for  double bed knitting, but it is  also out of print. the second hand ones command ludicrous prices. therefore i need to invent a word because grateful really falls short. i feel the same way i felt in japan when bowing to that overwhelming kindness i experienced did not suffice.

i have to finish the herringbone yardage and get down to study.  there is plenty to learn.

and for those of you who do not believe in fairies take a look at this. scroll down until you find her comment (ﾟｰﾟ)(｡_｡) 


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pete seeger and us

1919 -2014

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traditionalists

in business, weaving my herringbone yardage. decided to do a 12 thread herringbone for a bigger scale.

herringbone is not forgiving at all, the mistakes glare back at you without pity.

so far everything's going ok, no broken threads, no tension problems.famous last words??

meanwhile in husband-san's closet.....











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keeping up with the trend

those sketches! those volumes!

stay warm and enjoy some mulled wine

ot: currently  re reading brother's karamazov





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knowledge transfer of old

john forbes watson my textile hero.
his project
spreading knowledge for the benefit of all.











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sometimes i wonder

how i managed when i was working.i had help, but still.....what i do i did.

yesterday i went into the studio, no internet time at all, threaded 3/4ths of the warp. but could neither bake the breakfast cupcakes nor cook my  apple compote.

today after the morning walk i had to pick a book i reserved at the library. trying to finish the threading  and  baking -cooking what i couldn't on sunday.

some gardening time as well. the violet plants  vero gave me have one violet! while fertilizing them i'm hoping for more.

i've somewhat parked the knitting book exercises because i really don't have time!!and two dyeing projects are,so very on the proverbial back                                                                                                 burner that it's almost a joke.

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