As The Yarn Turns is a blog after my own (collective family’s) heart. Dr. Dirt is a soil scientist AND a knitter! And, hey, she owns a ferret. What could be better.On the needles: socks for DS#2, socks for Mom, hand warmers for me (my giddy aunt, it’s cold), Map-o-the-world afghan, etc etc etc

Wensleydale Sheep always makes me think of Wallace and Gromit.I don’t know how I’ll conquer this problem…except to get some Wensleydale FIBER and spin it up!

So, my knitting/spinning friend Joanne has an extremely talented BF, Drew. Drew makes things for a patent firm–they’ll make the product you dreamed up, figuring out the specs required by the patent office, etc. So he has Access to Tools.Which you would need to be able to make something this cool:Yes. That is a piggy bank.The slot is in it’s back. The money is extracted by spinning the (personalized) nose up, revealing a smile....

I hope to be knitting some of these from homespun very soon. (From the Yahoo Townsend Socks KnitAlong Group)Currently working on socks (left) for DS’s (2 year old) birthday. Then another pair for the 5 year old who outgrew the other pair I made (using Queen Kahuna, peasant heel).And here’s some more homespun. First the pics of the overtwisted plied yarn. Then the balanced 2-ply. This was my first time using “real” acid...

So i just made these gorgeous fingerless mittens for typing (go to Spindlicity and look up projects from their first issue. They’re called “Del Mar”). And I made them in Cherry Tree Hill superwash sock yarn in Blues and Greens.However.I am 5/8″ and my hand is nearly 8″ around. So I made the size medium/large…it’s what I generally wear. But these are too big on me. I thought about adding a longer cuff,...