Manning Knits :: Spinning

» from alpaca to yak, and everything in between

First things first — for those few of you who aren’t in daily contact with Liz or me, she’s on the mend, and finally has a cast on her wrist. Linda, if you’re reading this, your son is a peach! No one could ask for a better boss than Liz has, she’s one lucky girl [...]

Posted on: March 16, 2008 by Meg | Tags: General, Spinning | 1 comment

» There once was a sweater Nantucket

There once was a sweater Nantucket. I fought hard the urge to say fuck it. But I frogged it all back, and started from scratch, And now I can say that I love it! I’ve been plugging away on my Nantucket Jacket. It was a struggle, trying to figure out my gauge, but I was [...]

Posted on: February 09, 2008 by Liz | Tags: General, Knitting, Liz's Knitting, Spinning, WIP | 2 comments

» Howdy from Texas!

So the other day, I put together a package to send off to my pen pal in Washington. It’s sort of embarrassing, because it wasn’t like it was a particularly exciting package. It was just letters. Lots of letters. I cleaned out my desk and my stationery chest up in the office, and I found [...]

Posted on: January 28, 2008 by Liz | Tags: Events, Liz's Knitting, Spinning, WIP | 3 comments

» Liz has a blonde moment while spinning and listening to vampire stories

I’ve been trying for the last week to convince myself to sit down and post. Inevitably, by the time I got home every night, I was either too busy, too exhausted, or too much of both to sit down and write about all the stuff I wanted to. I did, however, manage to take a [...]

Posted on: January 15, 2008 by Liz | Tags: Events, General, Liz's Knitting, Socks, Spinning, WIP, Yarn Porn | 3 comments

» Obligatory Post-Christmas Update

Do you hear that? That’s the sound of millions of children world-wide, young and old, typing up their obligatory post-Christmas blog updates. So here I am, clicking my heels (and the keys on the keyboard), adding my 2¢ to the blogosphere this fine Thursday morning. (Okay, I lied. It’s not fine. It’s cold, wet, and [...]

Posted on: December 27, 2007 by Liz | Tags: Dyeing, Events, General, Liz's Knitting, Socks, Spinning, Yarn Porn | no comments

» this one’s for you, Helen

The other day my friend Helen pm’d me on Ravelry, asking if Manning Knits was still alive. Although we see each other on a regular basis, she misses the visuals of what the Manning girls are working on, and the inner workings of our lives. I’m afraid I was a little snippy with her, saying [...]

Posted on: December 02, 2007 by Meg | Tags: Spinning | 1 comment

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