Nobody guessed why “Sky and Water” before the scarf was finished (Yay – I get to keep all of my cashmere!), and now that I have set up a new Ravelry project for the second version and have Sky and Water I and Sky and Water II in place, it should be pretty obvious. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_and_Water_II …
Monthly archives: July 2008
Rippit, rippit, rippit
I thought it was all going too well… I can’t see what went wrong, I’ve checked against the pattern – all the same, the instep is not centred and I seem to have 3 ribs on one side of the foot, and one incomplete rib on the other side. After busily working the heel …
Sockage
Gorgeous “Bonny” sock yarn (75% superwash wool, 25% polyamide) in colourway “PYO” (Pick Your Own – it’s berry-coloured) from The Yarn Yard. Knitting up fast. Soft and cushiony. The colour makes it look good enough to eat. With a bowl of cream on the side, of course. Dammit. Now I want some Summer Pudding!
Some FOs
Water and Sky looks fantastic. It weighs just 18 grams, and therefore cost me a snip of a £1.26. It’s very inexpertly blocked, but I didn’t see much point in wasting effort on it, plus putting it under too much tension would have made the hole worse. If I can repair it well, then I …
A plan
I need a plan to deal with the extreme level of sockage around here. I should definitely make a plan. Then I can ignore it completely… No, really, in the next few days I should review The State of Sock: needles in use/free; yarn in stash; patterns queued; and pairs begun. A little ordering and …
Tragedy
I washed and blocked my scarf and socks today. The socks are much improved for it. The scarf? Well, basically it looks terrific. But I found a hole! About one quarter in from one end – a large hole with around four stitches running. I have no idea if I am skilled enough to repair …