Every year I take part in the Tour de Fleece. Basically I spend 3 weeks spinning (almost exclusively) while watching the Tour de France. It has come to be a summer ritual that I love and look forward to each year. The tour kicked off on July 1, and despite having a house full of… Continue reading TDF 2017 – Part 1
Welcome to episode 144! Today is mostly spins because that’s what I’ve been doing for Tour de Fleece, but I’ve got a few knits in there. Please come and join the Ravelry group. You can also find me on Ravelry as Fluffyk, Twitter, Instagram as Fluffykira, and in my shop The Corner of Knit & Tea. Tea: David’s TeaDavid’s… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 144, Just spinning.
The Fiber: Falkland, handdyed by me The Tea: Stash Tea, Fusion Red, White and Blueberry Tea The Mug: Hand Thrown Ceramic Mug from Paw Print Pottery UK The Yarn: Bomb Pop, available in my shop.
Welcome to episode 143! Today’s a fun one because I announce prize winners for the Sock-a-long and get started on Tour de Fleece! Some socks and other wips to show, and lots of prizes. Please come and join the Ravelry group. You can also find me on Ravelry as Fluffyk, Twitter, Instagram as Fluffykira, and in my shop The… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 143, And then there were prizes.
Another tea I picked up in my last Tea Embassy order was their Secret Garden blend. From the website, Secret Garden contains Pai Mu Tan, Darjeeling and Chinese green teas, sencha, dragonwell, gunpowder, jasmine jade pearls, candied mango bits, candied pineapple bits, orange peels, strawberry bits, red currants, sour cherry bits and apricot bits. Secret… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Embassy, Secret Garden
The Fiber: Blue Faced Leicester in Hummingbird via Hello Yarn. The Infuser: Hummingbird Tea Infuser via Amazon. The Mug: Mint Green Bird Cage via GilliattCeramics. The Yarn: Hummingbird via The Corner of Knit & Tea.
Welcome to episode 142! Today I have way too many WIPs and I also show you all the spins I have planned (I hope!) for TDF. Also this is the last week to enter the Sock-a-long so finish your socks and get them entered. There’s still time to joint TeamCKT for TDF – come join… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 142, Prepping for TDF.
When I placed by last order with Tea Embassy, they slipped in a sample of their Snow Flake tea. From the website, Snow Flake contains black tea, almonds and coconut rasps. It is available in a variety of sizes: 1oz for $3.25, 2oz for $6.50, 4oz for $13.00, 8oz for $26.00 and 1lb for $52.00.… Continue reading Drink Me: Tea Embassy, Snow Flake
This past week I became smitten with a gorgeous sweater called Assam. It turns out it is the newest release from Tabetha Hedrick and is part of the new Sweet Georgia collection of patterns called High Tea. The full collection which includes an additional sweater, a shawl, and a hat (for a total for 4… Continue reading Knittea: High Tea Collection
Welcome to episode 141! Today I have my finished Camp Loopy project to show you as well as more socks! Also some spinning and a quick discussion of the events going on in the Ravelry group. Please come and join the Ravelry group. You can also find me on Ravelry as Fluffyk, Twitter, Instagram as Fluffykira, and in my… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 141, All the socks.
