I don’t usually knit in acrylic, but I happened to find some free balls in my Mom’s basement, conveniently the right colour (black) and the right weight (worsted), so I cast on and set to it. The more I think on it, acrylic seems like a logical choice for legwarmers – it’s very warm, since […]

Oh, alpaca. You are so very soft, yet so very sheddy. I have millions of tiny strands of alpaca all over my shirt, sofa, pants and table. It’s everywhere. Should I block this to try and reduce it’s sheddiness? Or will that just ruin the cables? Hmm… Blocked it – cables still okay, less fluffy […]