Peggy Stuart's Blog – March 2011 Archive (5)

High Fiber--Finishing Fiber Projects

Our Common Threads group had a small attendance last week.

This is the time of year many Park City residents leave town. The skiing is starting to decline, the snow is starting to melt and opportunities for recreation start to dry up...or wet up might be a better term. (We call it "Mud Season." I'll let you guess why.)

However, Lynda and I showed up at Karan's house, Lynda sporting her crocheted vest made from the yarn… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on March 28, 2011 at 8:30am — 21 Comments

High Fiber--Fiber Fun Continues

When we left the Vintage Stitchers they were showing off their projects, but we only had a taste. Now let's see what they have been up to. First, here's a look at Joanie's scarf:

Even though it has a cable, it's reversible! (The cable is made with 1 X 1 ribbing.) Julie finished Lexi's Wallaby sweater in time for her first birthday:

Her "I Spy" quilt is almost done, but she's… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on March 21, 2011 at 8:00am — 27 Comments

High Fiber--Elevating Fiber to a Higher Purpose

The snow is melting, as you can see by the lower level of the pups' snow pile:

We will get more snow before spring...and after it as well. Soon there will be days when I can take my spinning wheel out to the deck to work in the sun.

In… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on March 14, 2011 at 12:00pm — 32 Comments

High Fiber--Goodbye to Sarak, Hello More Fiber Fun!

Sarak and I visited the Utah Olympic Park in Park City this week.

It was the venue for bobsled, luge, skeleton (visible behind us) and ski-jumping events during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Here are the two big ski jumps:

After viewing the runs and jumps there, we moved on to the Post Office for a tearful goodbye. (For more about Sarak and The Knit Wits Podcast, see previous…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on March 6, 2011 at 8:46pm — 26 Comments

Capra Timber Needed for Charity Project!

Knitters: Do you have some Capra Timber you don't need? Angelkarhu needs some to finish up the fingerless mitts she is working on for dialysis patients.

She says, "I am working on some mitts for charity and I ran out of yarn. I just need a little bit of Capra in the Timber colorway. I just need enough to do 5 rows on hand of mitt and 5 rows of thumb plus a cast off. If anyone has extra or partial balls I will pay you. --Angelkarhu"

Added by Peggy Stuart on March 2, 2011 at 3:14pm — 22 Comments