Untitled Socks
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Andre Pattern: ….. Started: 10/31/14 Finished: 11/14/14 Notes: Pattern coming… eventually…
Month: June 2015
Five of my Pinterest boards that I’m enjoying
Is anybody still on Pinterest? I had to change my account to business, for reasons, so if you’re on Pinterest and you were following me as HaldeChick and have noticed that I don’t pin much any more, that’s because for the last 6 months or so I’ve been primarily pinning …
Five standard HaldeCraft base yarns
I dye a number of base yarns here at HaldeCraft, both standard, every-day yarns, and spoil-yourself, luxury yarns. Here are five of my go-to standards, in four different weights. Andre (fingering/sock): Andre comes in a 400 yard/100 gram put-up, and has a nice good twist to it. Many sock knitters …
Spending the weekend for Gay & Joe’s anniversary? Consider hiking the La Chua Trail!
One place that Aunt Gay and Uncle Joe love to go, and would love to show to anyone making a weekend out of the anniversary party, is to the La Chua Trail. The trail, about 3 miles long, goes to almost the center of Paynes Prairie, passing the Alachua Sink on …
Ranger Baby baby blanket
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Tepper Pattern: Hemlock Ring Blanket by Jared Flood Started: 8/8/14 Finished: 10/27/14 Notes: In my new colorway, Ranger Baby, named for this little guy —
Five things I’ve learned about myself since breaking my hand
So, surgery is over (and my big fear was being given something I’m allergic to while under, and not being able to speak up for my allergies – so big thanks to the anesthesiologist who knew that what they were going to give me to relax me before putting me …
Lorena’s Top Five Favorite Soap Fragrances
You probably have your go-to soap fragrance. Your favorite. Maybe it’s one you buy all the time, maybe it’s one that you can only get a few times a year at a fair or farmer’s market. Maybe you lean towards floral soaps. Maybe woodsy or musky is what really does …
The Joy of Lavender Lemon
Yarn: Sox on the Beach by Adrienne Fong Pattern: HaldeCraft HandDyed Tiptree Started: 10/3/14 Completed: 10/11/14
A Little Bit 60s
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Tiptree Pattern: A Little Bit Country Socks by Adrienne Fong Started: 8/4/14 Completed: 8/26/14
so, this sucks.
i’m going to apologize first for lack of capital letters in this post. it’s hard to reach the shift key. well, all the keys, really, on the left side. i just wrote a blog post for work with good punctuation and my hand is getting tired. i go in for …
Down, but not out
I don’t know if I’ve really brought it up here before – mostly because it’s not HaldeCraft related, really – but my dogs fight sometimes. Mostly it happens when the four-legged dog (Corwin) accidentally bumps up against (Lindy) the three-legged dog’s stump, which scares Lindy and she snaps at Corwin, …
Ragna Cap
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Windling Pattern: Ragna Cap by Elsebeth Lavold Started: 7/2/14 Completed: 7/9/14 Notes: I’d wanted to knit this hat for years, but kept getting sidetracked. I burned through it because it was immense fun, and in a yarn that feels divine. Then I donated it to a charity auction, where …