Ariadne’s Clew chronicles one woman’s obsession with women in the ancient world and fiber arts.
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No-Tacos-for-Me Tuesday
This… …is the only thing I accomplished today beyond making it to various doctors’ appointments. I decided I needed a non-black project bag so as to hide the cat fur that will accumulate on…
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Sunday’s Other Work
More work today, but I also managed to make a lining for and finish the needle case that I knitted. Finally. I spent the morning being very patient. I started on a handspun shawl…
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An Unproductive Saturday
Didn’t get much done today. I did some work, but it was balanced by an equal part of unproductive procrastination, mainly involving the internet. I may have had too much coffee, maybe not enough.…
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With a Tangled Skein
Yesterday was mostly work, but I did manage to fit a few other tasks in. I spun more of the Icelandic Black top—poorly. I knitted a long rectangle that I’d like to line and…
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First Full Bobbin
Despite an influx of work, I finished my first bobbin today. It’s a Blackface and Corriedale wool blend, from the same fiber (1 lb.) as day-before-yesterday’s (and tonight’s!) finished yarn that was spun on spindles.…
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DaVinci and Gold-Plied Handspun
This has come back into my possession, though I have no memory of why I ever had it in the first place. Maybe to make curtains? The roll is as tall as I am,…
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First Yarn
I finally finished my first yarn, spun on a spindle over the past month. I plied it with gold thread and washed it today. It came out much nicer than I thought it would.…
