http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca it's not all black and white but it's indigo Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:10:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Feels like a lifetime ago since I last posted. Summer has flown.  I've probably said that other years, too, but I haven't checked.  Other years I was dyeing so much I hardly had time for anything else, much less a vacation. This year that sort of schedule was out of the question.  ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=516 I invested in a new camera. The one I was using did the job but it's five years old and a little shaky and flaky at times. So, as luck would have it (but these days, it's not terribly hard to find some suitable deal, I find), a company I like to ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=492 It is.  In May. And I know other folks in different parts of the continent are guffawing about SNOW in May.  (Bad word, snow).  So I'm trying very hard to enjoy our heatwave here even though it slogs me out and makes me feel about as energetic as a snail. However.  It ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=475 Any of you who have read this blog for a while know that I tend to have a lot of ideas and only two hands.  I'm betting you roll your eyes with some regularity when I announce a new project, especially ones involving the knitting of sweaters.  Never mind how ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=465 This past Monday I had a biopsy performed on the back of my left hand, between the first and second knuckle.  I've developed what I'm told is a painful type of eczema on nearly every finger as well as the palms and over the knuckles on both hands.  Given the ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=445 Sometimes, when you have an internet business and are not dealing with folks face to face and you're faced with notes of frustration and or questions about things in your inbox, it's easy to sit here and think 'if only they knew what was going on at my end, whatever ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=441 I know.  That's what I thought, too, when I first started making these little nests for carding. It's really a nice soft yummy rich brown alpaca. It's part of my latest spinning project, which is, again, to spin enough for a sweater.  The red mix from the last posting is working out ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=426 Why, quite a bit, actually.  Spinning has gone very well lately; quite a few FOs coming off the bobbins. Like this - Freckleface 'Gypsy', 80/20 merino/silk roving spun into this 3-ply light fingering weight, 104g / 415 yards (I also wound up with 69 yds of 2-ply laceweight).  Isn't it interesting sometimes how ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=413 I'm sure you agree. Too bad my youngest has some sort of aversion to them and refuses to wear them for more than a few seconds.   We're working on him (bribing with doughnuts and other goodies).  He might come around.  Otherwise, they are cute all on their own, even if ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=404 Yes.  This is how it came out: I like it.  Nice bursts of colour. Specs:  2-ply, spun worsted at 12.5:1; plied at 14:1; wheel:  Ladybug.  98g / 267 yds. I'm planning to knit it up into a Woodland Trails Cowl. (It's a little thin but if it doesn't work for this pattern, it ... http://musindigo.indigoblues.ca/?p=399