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 …
Monthly archives: December 2007
Kool Vibes
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 …
Adventures in tatting
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 …
Going up!
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 …
Going down?
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 …
Alas, poor Thorfinn…
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 …