Hankering for Yarn

July 30th, 2008

Jane Austen, the Little Gnome Girl and the Fairy Door spool knitters

It’s been so crazy busy around here that Jim and I have not had much chance of keeping up with our spool knitters.
A few weeks ago, I begged him to puhleeeeeeeeeeeeeeze spend some time at the lathe for me… so, bless his heart, he picked up his chisels and started turning….. yay!

Ah, bliss….. I love […]

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March 4th, 2008

Jane Jane Jane- another spool knitter

An ‘e’ friend of mine, Marian Clark, has the most extraordinary collection of spool knitters I have ever seen.
 
She fell in love with the Jane Austen with a purple cape Spool knitter and bought it. She also bought the -next-
Jane Austen, even though I was still working on it, and hadn’t photographed it […]

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March 1st, 2008

Another Jane Austen Spool knitter

One of the things that is a bit tricky about being a designer and author and dedicated blogger, is that I can’t talk about the new designs that I am working on, until they get published.
So, I am steaming along on new work that has got me just beside myself with excitement….. and I can’t […]

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February 29th, 2008

Jane Austen Spool knitter

I am just in seventh heaven.
PBS is having a Jane Austen extravaganza that has me completely blissed.
I’ve been a Jane Austen fanatic since I was 11 years old, and still have my first copy of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ that  started my addiction.
 
I’ve been working madly to deadline on new design work, so haven’t had time […]

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February 8th, 2008

Playing Hookie

When I was a kid, and someone would skip classes, they were said to be ‘playing hookie’. Do they still say that?
Anyhow, while the servers were down, and I couldn’t work on my blog, I finally got to work and pulled together all the pics of the new crochet hooks  that I have been carving.
I […]

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February 2nd, 2008

Carving a Jane Austen crochet hook

I am a total Jane Austen freak.  I got addicted to Jane Austen when I was 11 years old, and I have re-read her novels hundreds of times.   I still have my first copy of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ that I bought from the book club at school.
I have designed all kinds of dolls in homage […]

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