Let's keep this brief, my RSI is very sore... I missed Spinning today. A web update that I needed to do, and had promised to have done "early this week", had done a Topsy on me and grown much larger than was achievable in the original time span. It's still growing 🙂 Knowing that I …
Oh, it’s ugly…
When I started my Flutter Scarf, I missed the instruction to purl a row after the provisional cast on. So I frogged it, cast on again, and all went smoothly thereafter. Or so I thought. I just picked up the first half to re-set the stitches in readiness for going to town on Thursday. It …
Evenstar Swatch Results
I swatched four yarns for this project (click to see larger): 1 - A Colourmart 100% silk in 3/50NM weight ( over 1,800 yards per 100g), colour "Tinfoil" A very fine yarn and, although agreeable to blocking, it is not surprising that it came up short: 5½" wide by about 3½" high. I love the …
White Rabbits
What, February already? How did that happen? I must have been keeping myself busy... Here's January's obsessions (click for bigness): The Evenstar swatches are unpinned. I had not expected that blocking would make the choices more difficult. The Wings of the Dove throw is well under way, and I have reached the centre panel, but …
Swatches
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 …
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 …