http://yarnblog.com Mustang Sallys Yarn Adventures Sat, 14 May 2011 08:25:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What do you do with all those little balls of yarn left over from every single pair of socks you make? [caption id="attachment_438" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Lorna's Lace Sock Yarn"][/caption] It has always been a waste to me these small amounts of left over yarn from knitting luxury hand made socks. After a ... http://yarnblog.com/2011/05/14/lornas-lace-sock-yarn.html Well I had my first Mothers Day in Australia with my Mum for about 15 years and it was a wonderful day. Mum and Dad took Alan and I to the Tea Tree Gully Golf Course for lunch and as always the meal and service was great. Just a shame ... http://yarnblog.com/2011/05/08/happy-mothers-day.html I have just cast off the final two stitches at the top of the left front for the cardigan. I had a couple of nights when I spent time on the computer job hunting, and of course the Royal Wedding  and was also just too tired to concentrate on knitting. It ... http://yarnblog.com/2011/05/03/left-front-completed.html I purchased this pattern at Stitches West 2011 from a booth that would not let me buy just the pattern unfortunately. As we only had a week left before moving to Australia they had me over a barrel so to speak and I had to buy the ... http://yarnblog.com/2011/04/27/koigu-linen-stitch-scarf.html Yesterday was a good day for knitting. I completed the pretty little dishcloth in the afternoon and am very pleased with the pattern. I do have more cotton yarn to make dishcloths but will get the cardigan completed first I think. Last night I completed the raglan shaping on the back ... http://yarnblog.com/2011/04/26/progress-continues-on-the-raglan-cardigan.html I felt after three day of intensive knitting on the beautiful cardigan I needed a little break from that today. Years ago I had sent my Mum Sugar and Cream yarn by Lily yarns with a knitting pattern book and bamboo knitting needles to make a dishcloth for herself. Mum uses ... http://yarnblog.com/2011/04/25/sugar-and-cream-dishcloth.html It was nice to finish the rib yesterday as it was 26 rows of single K1, P1 which does get a little boring especially when a pretty pattern follows the ribbing. This morning I was determined to complete 28 rows of the first pattern repeat and I was successful. This shows the ... http://yarnblog.com/2011/04/23/making-a-little-progress.html I can not believe that it has been twelve months since I added anything to my yarn blog. Amazing how the time just flies when you plan a large move overseas. We made the decision to move back to Australia after 14 years in the USA to be much closer to ... http://yarnblog.com/2011/04/21/twelve-months-have-gone-where.html I have just spoken with my Clay Goforth at Jade Tree, the company that creates the yak yarn from Yushu where the earthquake hit. This is what he had to say: The latest news is that 90% of the homes in Yushu have been destroyed. The casualties have ... http://yarnblog.com/2010/04/15/yushu-earthquake-relief-linda-cortright.html This was written by Linda Cortright Often times I feel like a lone voice in the fiber community. I don’t have time to talk about sock patterns or colorways, much less indulge in an entire weekend of lace knitting. My job as editor of Wild Fibers is to ... http://yarnblog.com/2010/04/15/earthquake-in-yushu-province-china-linda-cortright.html