I have made slow progress today - on everything. Far from reaching the toe on the Merope sock, I find that it is bedtime just as I reach the end of the gusset. There's a long way to go (I have long feet). So, I am short on the sock, barely begun on the Alhambra, …
Tour de Madness
I pondered this a while back but lacked the ability to withdraw my digit in time to join at the off. A bit late, but I'm signing up now - flushed, no doubt, by my success with the Flambé yarn today. My personal goal is to spin a little each day during the TdeF, and …
Ooooh!
Just a sneak preview - it's too dark and grey to get a shot without flash. The flash bleached the colour a bit, especially of the copper thread. The photos don't do justice to the fabulous colours of the Copperpot roving. First skein, of perhaps three: I think that it is totally gorgeous, even if …
Sky and Water II
Sky and Water II is on the way and I have cast on and knit the first pattern repeat. I chose a blue/grey shade this time. I shall need to complete at least one pattern repeat a day. Judging by today's performance, that's aiming high. It's funny - the first scarf caused me very few …
No prizes for guessing
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 …
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 …