I am still without my new needles. Purlescence confirmed the order on Monday and it is coming Royal Mail First Class delivery – so where the hell are they? I’m a bit pissed off at paying a hefty £2.00 delivery charge for an item so very light – the actual mail cost will be hardly …
Monthly archives: May 2008
JoJo heel once more
Well, I shall need to be convinced of some pretty clear and and obvious benefits before I get within a mile of this heel again! To be fair, I think it would have gone better had I some 5″ needles to hand – this was certainly one way of making a mere five needles seem …
JoJo Heel, again
PS: I foresee a terminal case of Second Sock Syndrome
JoJo Heel
If you were paying me to do this, I’d quit – and tell you that I didn’t want your stupid job anyway. I probably wouldn’t be very polite about it, either.
750
750 yards, as near as dammit (pre-washed length) – 400 yards in the first skein and 350 in the second. Both skeins have virtually no bias – we have our first balanced yarn! The second skein looks at first glance to be better spun than the first one but I haven’t had them side by …
Finished!
Well, it took me until 12:00 but the mohair/merino tops are all spun and plyed (at last.) There was far more on these last two bobbins that I had thought, it went on and on and on and on and on. It’s resting now before I skein it – I shall be interested to get …