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Untangling Loose Ends

afiberlife — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:48:23 +0000

In this time of physical distance, one of the things I miss most is walking with friends. Walking and untangling all the loose ends of our lives is one of the beautiful gifts of friendship.

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Finding Calm

afiberlife — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:35:31 +0000

I'm not the only one who as found spinning to be the essential cure for the undertow that threatens to take us out to sea.

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Carrying precious bundles of life

afiberlife — Sun, 17 May 2020 16:29:37 +0000

I was chased by three angry female guanacos while my husband attempted to hold them off long enough for me to carry the new baby to the barn.

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Waiting

afiberlife — Mon, 04 May 2020 17:37:19 +0000

It's always been a thing--to knit while I wait. Instead of turning into a useless blog of dread or excitement, my hands move and my fingers take action. It makes all the difference in the world.

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The Rawness of Shearing Time

afiberlife — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:50:00 +0000

The blade passes skin-close When a fleece is sheared from an animal, the fibers, grown from millions of microscopic follicles, get released from their dense insulate existence. They spring collectively up and off the animal and then pour down in wave of foamy loft. As the blade passes right next to skin, the thicket of…

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Dropped Stitches

afiberlife — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:15:00 +0000

I learned to knit when I was six My Grandma Who-Who taught me to knit when I was six. We sat on her bed, propped with bed pillows. She was patient. She cast on some bulky yarn and knit the first few rows for me. I took over the job, knitting back and forth. She…

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Frogging: How knitters fix mistakes

afiberlife — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 15:55:26 +0000

To Frog or not to Frog: In knitting, the term frogging explains itself. It is the process by which the knitter takes a deep breath and starts to pull out all of the stitches she’s previously knit. Usually, she does this and says to herself, “Ribbit, Ribbit, Rippit,” as she watches the rows disappear. Curly…

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