Acornbud's Yarns

It is definitely autumn here. In fact the sun has been lost for a 3 days now, hiding behind the solid mass of clouds. The good news is, it...

1. The sun goes down in blazing color 2. The Golden Plovers have returned. 3. The average temperature drops from 81 deg F to 79.6 deg F,...

Sitting in the waiting room at Kaiser for the ritual boob squishing this am, I picked up a magazine. It was the HMSA magazine. I contempla...

Thursday night The Cats went to their new home with May , creator extraordinaire of fantastic and alien forms. Sorry Mokihana !, but thank...

Boy I wish intarsia could be knit in the round! I love knitting in the round...anything to avoid seams. I also love starting hats and i-co...

I've updated my shop with the latest and greatest Totoro as well as some medium size project bags. They are lined to deter needles from...

I can't remember how I made this flower for Matilde and she has been gifted. These are a couple I came up with instead. My collection ...

Yarn: Vesper, Trick or Treat Colorway Needles: size 3 rose wood DPs. I love these shorties. Pattern: Sensational Knitted Socks, Chevron ...

Totoro is knitting Mistake Rib scarf for the Skeleton King with stash yarn from the Twisted Ewe . He's a picker and prefers to knit sta...

I purchased this ball of the famed Vesper in Halloweeny colors from Jill when she was going through the early destash stages. With my swa...

The swatching for Tangled Yoke did not go well. I'm don't know if I'll ever find the right project for the Rowanspun DK. I love...

What to do with the orange handspun? There be pumpkins, now there be carrots! What else is orange? pattern updated 8/27/2010. Carrot color...

The sky this am was briefly glorious. It looks like it's going to be a beautiful day. In my mind I was thinking I would go to the beac...

Pattern: Guinan , free pattern from YarnAbuse Yarn: Fleece Artist Marina in shades of read and pink, purchased at Madrona Market last year...

Blogless Michelle got a bunch of us at Aloha Knitters obsessing on the zig zag lines that show up in intarsia. On this Totoro, his white Ma...

I am finally nearing the end of the really big ball of orange roving, spinning on my new Ghstworks cedar spindle. I can't imagine ever...

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More declutter efforts have fluffed up the treasures. I finally went through the yarn and bagged up most of the hideous, creepy and dirty s...

A sampling of some items added to the shop today. It's rainy and muggy here in paradise. Amazingly it did not pour during the walk at H...