Knitting and crochet stitch markers, and one pair of sock/lace markers! The crochet stitch markers are made on surgical steel kidney earring clasps, so they are perfectly functional as actual earrings. If people are interested in sterling silver hooks, I can also make earrings with those. I haven’t because there’s lots of people who make them, but if people want, I can.

That’s all for now. More blogging blog updates to come.

~The Gnome

Two fibers this round, wensleydale and jacob. Next update will have border leicester, finn, and cotswold (at least). Many of the wensleydale was done in double batches, so for once some colorways have more than one braid.

A note that this is the last of my jacob. I don’t know when I’ll get more. Soon hopefully.

Jacob: Garnet Shadows, Emerald Shadows, Amethyst Shadows, Midnight Magic, and Heather and Gorse

Wensleydale: Soft Bismuth, Haying Time, Slate, Across the Sea, Midnight Iris, Rhubarb Cobbler, Heart of the Fire, Soft Heart of the Fire, Redwood, Calapogon

Also made these, considering putting them up…

That’s all for now, back to dyeing!

~The Gnome

The shop has been reopened and updated. It still needs restocking, but there’s quite a few new stitch markers, including binary and sock/lace markers.

There is also, Ramboulliet, Jacob, Wensleydale, Romney, SW Merino, Dorset, and Cotswold.

I’ll be putting up some new yarns shortly.

In other news:

I turned in my thesis to my boss for final edits on Monday. I’m applying to jobs this week. I’ve applied two one, am working on the cover letter for a second and third, and formatting my resume for a fourth. I’m also trying to get a handle on my apartment which has been escaping while my dissertation ate my brain. I’ve reclaimed ah… one room.

After much fighting with stupid fashion industry standards, I found two business/government interview appropriate dress shirts that aren’t ridiculously too long. Apparently the “fitted” shifts the shoulders enough to shorten the 32″ sleeves to 31″ effectively, making them only 1″ too long. Tomorrow I take in my pants to be taken in. Next up, another shirt or two, and comfortable dress shoes.

One week from Monday I hand in my thesis. Two weeks from that, I defend it all to the community and my committee. Wheeeeee. Scary.

OH! I totally forgot. I actually finished a hat. I started it on the plane down to MD, so I misremembered how many stitches to cast on. Ended up 10 short. Which is ok, it will go to a deserving young man I know of. It was mostly a conceptual exercise for me anyway. I have a concept in my head I wanna test out. I’ll get photos soon.

~The Gnome