Lousy photograph on a gloomy horrible day – these swatches are still wet so the colours do not show yet Clockwise from top right: Swatch #4, the Glisten (100% silk) – the heaviest yarn sample and the most readily blocked to size (6″ wide, 4″ high) Swatch #3, Hipknits laceweight silk – a totally different …
Monthly archives: January 2010
Swatching
The Evenstar swatches are soaking and I shall pin them out in about half an hour. There may be photographs later. I’m ready to knit now, and shall shortly become frustrated by the wait until Feb 12th… What to do in the meantime? I’m saving Flutter for ferry journeys, I think. This, perhaps. I’m sorry …
Multnomah Tracker
Excel spreadsheets to track growth of Multnomah shawls. These are untested – I haven’t knit this shawl yet, and just knocked this up quickly after a swift read of the pattern. If you use it please leave some feedback in whether it is correct or not and if there are any ideas for its improvement. …
Yarny goodness
My yarn for the Evenstar arrived this morning. A good choice, I think. It has rather more bright blue in it than I expected but is overall a soft and tranquil mix of blues. The ply looks good, neither too soft nor too firm. A non-challenging lace weight at 800m/100g and the handle is soft. …
Glisten, do you wanna know a secret?
I have been swatching for the Evenstar mstery shawl and concluding that although I need to knit from stash, there’s nothing there that is really substantial enough to hold 3,000 beads. Even though I knew I couldn’t buy any yarn, I went Googling for laceweight silk. I found an indie dyer that I hadn’t come …
Life’s Frantic Whirl: cats, yarn and shopping
It has been a funny old week. Treacle was sitting on the cat tray, wailing, at the weekend and was seen to be dashing around trying to squat and pee in inappropriate places. He has suffered FIC before and we concluded that a phone call to the vets to request antibiotics would be in order. …
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