Acornbud's Yarns

With the FO of course. Pattern: Gaia Shoulder Hug by Ann Carroll Gilmour. Yarn: Noro Silk Garden sock, Colorway S252, 1.78 balls. Needles...

(click to make the mosaic larger) I was just flabbergasted by all the beautiful flowers on my trip. They were everywhere! Giant dahlias in...

Chibi Totoro traveled with me to Seattle and places around. One of the things I did was the Anacortes Arts Festival . I only found the to...

I'm leaving for Seattle Wednesday night for a retreat with my Saturday walking group, and visit to my blogless friends, Margaret, Betty ...

I took a little spur of the moment trip to the Big Island to visit blogless Keoki in Hilo. She took me on a little scenic trip along the Ha...

I received a very nice package in the mail thanks to Claudia's MS ride. The package included some very squishy sock yarn from Lavenders...

Happy birthday, America! Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. The Landcaster (number 2 son) tried out his camera on the fireworks over P...

Pattern: see side bar for Totoro. Soot Sprite by Tessa Briley. Veined Safed Leaf from Tikkum Tree Project. Yarn: Fisherman's Weigh...

I gave this hand knit, Beaverslide Totoro to a Miyazaki -impaired friend and she send me this picture from her iphone. Those in Hawaii ...

Today started with rain and clouds, but by 10 am it was a beautiful day at the Ala Moana Beach. (sorry for the crappy cell phone picture) ...

The last couple of weeks has been a time of knitting gatherings where more talk and eating then actual knitting has been going on. Okay, th...

(I'm moving the pattern from my last post to this entry) Yarn: 200-300 yards, Cascade Superwash 220, Colorway 893, a fantastic, dark re...

Project Spectrum yellow is flying by. The yarn stashed has not been wound into balls and I suspect will not become a project in time. Nat...

Pattern: Felicity by Wanett Clyde Yarn: Fleece Artist Scotian Silk , re-purposed from Lu . I love the feel of this yarn and it was very ...

It's a hot summer so far. The vog has lifted some, but the trades are lagging. I started working in April as a call in, and after a on...

Pattern: Snail Hat Yarn: Beaverslide Worsted Needles: Size 7 straight needles. Mods: 3 needle bindoff cast-on and last row. The arrow ...