Knit

An assertive yarn

Lst August I bought a skein of Gloaming from Natalie at The Yarn Yard. It’s a Merino/Silk blend offering 800m to a 100g skein.

The yarn has languished for a while.

Cue the Echo Flower Shawl.

Oh, oh, Kermit’s back

The Skew sock was completed last night and I tried it on. This thing is just not going to work, so it is off to the frog pond for it.
I had a lot of fun, the whole knitting thing was a real magical mystery tour. I’m glad I made it, but I am never going [...]

Stranger than fiction

The Sock and I decided that life is too short to spend hours confined on a ferry and in killing time kicking heels around in town. We stayed home and did a little mutual growth exercise instead…

Spin

Spinning update

I seem to have my spinning mojo back. Hurrah!
As previously mentioned, I am currently spinning against the clock in the hope of turning out at least 2 pairs of skeins for the Show. My first intended pair is from prepared tops and I am using the Yarn Yard Merino and Silk blend in shades of [...]

First Impressions

The Jumbo Flyer is assembled and mounted on my wheel and I have plied my first bobbin using it. First impressions are:

The quality leaves much to be desired and it is not such a fine object as the standard flyer – it is made of ply, not timber, and lacks the running groove – the [...]

Drift On By

At long last, the Ocean Drift roving is all spun up and skeined.

A pretty yarn, very silky and with much drape.

Project details and photographs.

Yarn Stash

A wander through my stash

Those “holes” in my Ravelry stash  page have been bugging me so, while I had my light tent out, I’ve been doing a little catching up. I love the way that a few small changes make such a huge difference to my photographs.
Although these images were still a little slapdash. I improved on them throughout [...]

p/hopping

A little while ago I was successful in bagging a beautiful skein of laceweight wool via the p/hop Ravelry group. Rav user fey packaged it up and sent it off to me and it arrived here this morning.
I haven’t got the colours quite right – the photos were taken in artificial light. Think Royal Purple [...]

Like a hole in the head

I think it’s an addiction, why else would I acquire more stash? I’m never going to knit my way though what I have already! And then there’s all those fleeces to spin…
Anyway, I fed my habit:
Kelpie, from The Yarn Yard. Laceweight cashmere. Colour: Paprika.
This is wound already and poised to make a shawl in September. [...]

Fibre Stash

Mango Berry

Newly arrived from Copperpot on Etsy – 8ozs of Merino Fibre in “Mango Berry” blend.

This is very much for me. I previously spun a Copeprpot Merino top in Torch Island and knitted my mate a “Noro Hat”. In the recent gales I discovered what a very cosy hat that is …

…I thought I’d make myself one…

A gift

I received a mystery parcel on Christmas Eve. A blue bag, from The Yarn Yard. Nothing I had purchased… it was marked not to be opened until Christmas and I was a good girl and I waited…

Fibre Adventures

(Old) Green of the Day 07/03/09

Way, way behind. No time to take the camera out and shoot lichens today – lost much time yesterday in cleaning drains. So, here’s an old photo again, to keep up the Green of the Day thread.

I’m proud of that one.

It has been quite energising, looking through old photos, and I really want to get to know my camera again soon.

That’s lucky

I have a new book to teach me to crochet.

“A few days ago, my pal Fenny announced that she had begun decluttering for 2009. One of the items that she was getting rid of was a book on crochet. I know that I have to get to grips with crochet some time…”

Frabjous

O, frabjous day!
Yes. I have completed my homework. I have partaken of both caffeine and chocolate. And now I am going to get out my sock kit… and soothe my shattered nerves.
(I know I have gone wrong with my piecing because the seams have fallen all wrong and I have too many thicknesses in one [...]