My Vibrotis Clapotis proved to be just the job for our Christmas Day walk and picnic. I felt both bright and cheerful and cosy in the fresh wind – and it is a very comfortable item to wear. I fully intended to take a FO shot while I was out in the winter sunshine, but [...]
The Vibrotis FO pics have (mainly) been taken but are not yet uploaded. I’ll try to catch up with those later. As I now have an embarrassment of Vibrant yarn, I am attempting a Koolhaas hat. The project is not on Ravelry yet as it is very much a matter of experimentation and the project [...]
Do thread adventures belong here, alongside the yarn? I think that they must, for where else could I put them? I have been building a resources page for tatting on the craft club’s wiki. (It’s open for all to view at the moment, if there is any interest.) It’s a work in progress that I [...]
My Hipknits stash has been replenished. Much to my surprise, Kerrie sent me a new skein of the Vibrant, and wished me better luck with it. It certainly looks and feels much different. A very generous gesture on Kerrie’s part, as it was way past the time when I would have thought a replacement was [...]
Well, my stash busting efforts are bearing slow fruition. Three quarters of the Hipknits silk aran are now gone. Yes, ta-da – the Vibrotis is completed! No FO pics yet, as I want to finish unravelling all the dropped stitches and be able to show it off in all its glory. I love it. I [...]
Home again, home again… with only minor sock growth to show for three hours on the boat today. Social chatter very much got in the way and I think I have to admit that even a simple sock is too much for boat knitting. Perhaps I should find something just as portable, but far more [...]
An entirely unexpected opportunity to go to Kirkwall today has seen me unearth my simple sock project, Thorfinn – established for just such an event. I am all dressed up and ready to go and … resenting the time away from my Vibrotis, because I can see I am on the downward run with that [...]
Here’s my problem skein, after encountering the fourth break. And some close-ups of the really gnarly bits [
About 25% done at present, maybe more – but I have used 25% of the the four skeins. As the fourth looks unusable, I may have to get this out of three, and that makes me 33% done I need to email Kerrie to see if she can help me out.That means editing the photos [...]
A phone call at lunchtime from Gill at The Woolly Workshop – I had asked if she would be getting more of the Manos del Uruguay yarn in, as I fancied a matching hat. It’s in and she set 2 skeins aside for me. So I thought I had better continue the search for a [...]
