adventures in san francisco pt 2, all things sheepy

Anabel, her friend Christina and I went off to Japantown where all things sheepy can be bought for less than $2.00 at the Japanese dollar store. Okay, some things aren’t sheepy. But they are wonderful, no?

 
 
1. oven mitt, 2. sheep box cutter, 3. sheep clips, 4. chop sticks, 5. push pins, 6. animal rubber bands [...]

adventures in san francisco, part one yarn tasting at art fibers

San Francisco, Art Fibers. The hallway to the second floor walk-up is filled with xeroxed pictures of models, whose sweaters have been cut-out and filled in with swatches. Clearly, you are headed to a place of fashion.
And fashion it is indeed, with yarn of every sort, eyelash and chunky. Mohair and silk wool blends are [...]

toe-up sock

I spent Thanksgiving with Josh and our friend Mike in San Francisco. We did a lot of fun things with knitters, which will have to wait until I have some more free time. One thing that I did over the weekend is finish one of my toe-up socks. The yarn is Rare Gems, an overdye [...]