Acornbud's Yarns

Where's Totoro , a photo by acornbud on Flickr. It's as if the 4th member of the party had fallen off the face of the earth.

It's been a nice summer here. The Golden Plover have returned, there are some nice trade winds to temper the summer heat, and the ne...

Tart Tosh Hat Pattern:  Brambles Beret by Amanda Muscha from Knitty, Deep Fall 2010 Yarn:  Madelinetosh Vintage, colorway Tart. Needles...

Travels My brother in law served 44 years in the military and 13 years as the adjutant general of the state of Washington and retired 31Jul...

My 3 skeins of Beaverslide did not match so I tried over-dyeing them with indigo. I had a kit of pre-reduced indigo so decided to try it...

Final Day Tour de Fleece , a photo by acornbud on Flickr. Plied polwarth, fingering weight or so, hot off the bobbin. My time zone is 1...

Pattern: Modified from Lion's Brand Diagonal Eyelet Cowl Yarn: Araucania Colium Multi , #06, pinks and purples. This is a bulky sin...

Day 19 , a photo by acornbud on Flickr. Since my Wild Flyer has not shipped yet, from Majacraft, I attempted some "art" yarn on m...

I finished spinning and plying my Alpaca from Upstream Alpacas around Day 12 The color is Pinot Noir. It's 3-ply except for the lit...

I managed to ply my two strands and finish up about 195 yards of fingering weight yarn. I hope it blooms a bit after the soak. It's d...

I got off to a late start this year being mostly oblivious to things in the sports world. However, the Kaylee (Firefly inspired) SW me...

Blogless Mieko came over today to do some soldering. I made the ones on the right using the fusing technique and she made the ones on the le...

For this topper I wanted pinwheels and I found a nice you tube on Fast and Easy Pinwheels from the Missouri Quilt Company.  I miscalcula...

I chanced by this anime store in Aiea full of wonderful minis including some Ghibli characters. Hello Kitty was dressed up in many costumes....

Beware the long post.   I've been thinking about the highlights of my trip.  NYC is quite a town!  I stayed in Times Square which is f...