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Na-Noo, Nano!!!

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Hello on this Korean Pork Taco Saturday!!! I find myself bouncing between projects these days, so don't have much of anything to show. However, I did finally sit down and figure out how to work my wee Nano electric spinner!! It's so super cute, and now that I'm getting the hang of it I'm whizzing right along!  Not that I needed any more fiber, but I happened across a super fun and colorful hand-dyed assortment of minis in a merino/nylon blend that I plan to ply randomly together into a fingering-weight yarn for socks! (Before becoming familiar (bordering on slightly obsessed) with the work of the Spincycle Yarns folks, I'd always Navajo-plied any color-shifting fiber to keep the sections of color together.  No more!!!)  And the best part - this little machine, its parts, and a ton of fiber all fit into a small project bag and can travel anywhere (it has both an electric plug and a USB!).  You can check out its inventor and all its relatives here .  What a (rela...

Did Someone Say Cake???

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Hello on this Garlic and Ginger Shrimp Thursday!!! Just a quick post today to show you LW's yarns all caked up: This is probably a better representation of what they'll look like knitted up into socks or similar. I went to grab what I thought were the remaining three skeins of dyed yarns and it turns out there are four, LOL.  Neuro and I really went to town!!! Stay safe and well :)