I just realized I forgot to give you the info. on the baby sweater I just knit. It’s Avery by Kristi. You can buy the pattern here, in Kristi’s Etsy shop. I bought a kit at Stitches to knit my nephew a sweater, which I haven’t started yet. The sweater I just finished was knit on size 8 needles with Cascade 220 Superwash yarn.

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On October 13th, Purlescence celebrated their first birthday! Yay! There was cake. There was yarn. It was on sale. I bought some…

Baby Alpaca Grande… for a hat!

Bambu… for a scarf!

Cashsoft 4-Ply… for socks!

Lorna’s Laces Twist DK… for more socks!

Cashsoft Aran… for a sweater! With short or mid-length sleeves…

Oh, and some glove needles! I’ve wanted to try out rosewood and ebony for a while…

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I cast on an Avery baby sweater on October 11th, after my doctor said I could start knitting again and return to my regular work schedule. I started knitting 10 minutes a day and added 5 minutes every day…

I finished the sweater yesterday, for a baby girl born Monday (I didn’t know she was a girl until my last day of knitting, but I chose to use a ladybug button once I found out).

Next up, a Lizard Swirl Baby Sweater for my new nephew due November 3rd!

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I love it! My new purse! From Amy Butler’s Madison Bags, the Downtown Purse:

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Now available in the Fiber Fiend Store, Fiber Fiend Project Bags in two convenient sizes!

Small – approx. 6 in. x 7.5 in.

Perfect for a pair of socks or something lacey

Large – approx. 8 in. x 13 in.

Perfect for those larger projects

Currently there are 8 fabrics to choose from: Jumping Beans (above), Bzzz! (below)…

Peace

Cherries Galore

Skeleton Dance

Blue Paisley

Pink Butterflies

and Antique Rose.

Look for more options in the months to come!

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When I still couldn’t knit, I went to Bobaknit one week and stuffed this guy and sewed up his seams. I still have 3 legs and some facial features to go…

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167 yd of merino!  My first yarn in over 4 months!

I bought the roving from Carolina Homespun at Stitches West 2006…here are the singles

Yay yarn! Yay spinning!

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R got me a needle-felted sheep at the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival.

I <3 it!

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While I was at the CA Wool & Fiber Festival, I managed to spin up a few samples…

Merino/Angora in the Bunny Rose colorway

Merino/Bamboo in the Bunny Rose colorway

Alpaca/Merino/Tussah Silk in the Sea Foam colorway

Alpaca in the Midnight Sky colorway

Alpaca in the Bunny Rose colorway

Alpaca in the Flame colorway

and Alpaca in the Reeds colorway

Samantha spun up some Superwash Merino in the Mulberry colorway

And when I was done spinning samples, I started on some Merino/Silk in the Swamp colorway (not yet available in the store)

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The CA Wool & Fiber Festival was really fun.

There were sheep!

Some even got shorn!

There was an angora bunny shearing/spinning demo too!

Even I got to spin some!

There were goats!

It was a beautiful area…

See lots more photos on Flickr!

P.S. I might have bought some yarn too…

from Jean at Elemental Affects

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