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 …
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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 …
Another little fishie
This time in my Hipknits silk laceweight. In some ways the silk is easier to work, in others it is more difficult. It is certainly easier to unpick mistakes in 🙂 You may be able to spot some mistakes that I did not bother to unpick… Cute little fella, ain’t he? Yes. I’m chuffed. And …
Thou Shall…
Adventures in Tatting, Part 1. Last night I made forward progress on the tatting. Some mysteries are easier solved with the help of experienced hands… From the top: Some chain practice More chain practice, using one coloured thread (this helped a lot) with the white shuttle thread A complete ring – with inadvertent picot Lots …
Nearly there
Two nice new skeins of BFL are now sitting in my basket and I have begun to spin the final 80 gms of tops (more left than I had thought.) Almost there! Still aiming to have the task completed by the end of the week but there is a lot vying for my attention just …