The BFL, she is done. Oh, yeah. Really. Truly. All spun – at very long last. I can’t wait to knit it up.
Yearly archives: 2008
I’ll get there, one day
Much pain in my shoulder over the last week – so my self-imposed BFL deadline was not met. I did spin today, and the end is in sight. I really want to get there soon. While resting my arm I have been making silk paper. Details over at Fairhand and I’ll be adding updates as …
Tit for Tat
I elected to try the Field of Daisies tatting last night. I would up my shuttle, created my first ring, and realised I didn’t know how to join the next part on. The pattern says to do the join, where to do the join, but not how to do the join. And then I noticed …
Hairy knitting
This is my furry snake project, aka The Gorilla. It’s a Kaa-the-snake pattern scarf, in the mixed grey mohair that Gill gave me yesterday. It’s as hairy as a gnarly old terrier. It gave me a lot of problems yesterday afternoon, and now I don’t want to knit it. So I kicked this one off …
Stash enhancement
I came away from spinning today with further stash – 3 big balls of Colinette Mohair blend, from G. I have two purple mixes and 1 grey mix. I was thinking to use them as craft materials but I think I may use them for easy-knit lace projects, and make fluffy scarves to sell the …
Bright elusive
This was very fiddly to do.It’s a bit wonky, but I think you might be able to guess what it is meant to be. I’m thinking that maybe silk is for the advanced class. it’s pretty, though, is it not? I must not waste too much of it – I have plans for this …