The Giggle yarn is finished and I got all but the magic 400 yard figure: skeins of 120, 128, and 148 yards give a total of 396, just 4 yards short. Total weight about 4 and a quarter ounces – 124 grams. I wish the skeins had come out more evenly, I could have put …
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Holier than thou, or tales of an impoverished knitter
I decided yesterday to just go for it and complete the knitting of the one project that I seem to be keen to knit on. I picked up my Hamsa scarf and knitted away. And then it happened… ASIDE: Since I gave up work to run away to Scotland and live the good simple life …
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Some progress
Some little progress is being made. I am working in short bursts, so finding it hard going and frustrating. Yesterday’s spinning gave me a little fillip and I sat and completed the Giggle spinning today in between doing other things. Just the plying left to do now. The Ultimate Temptation project still steals my attention …
Still AWOL
Briefly: still struggling with a sore appendage now also struggling with a lumpy sore throat and temperature but unable to leave the knitting strictly alone though successful at not spinning for a while Sky and Water II on the move again (slowly) (25%) Ultimate Temptation going well (30%) Tumult of Waves stalled while I make …
AWOL
My arm is screaming at me so I am trying to keep computer time to a minimum. This explains the shortness of posting around here of late. Sadly, the arm is becoming so sore that I need to rest it from knitting and spinning also. Somewhat disgruntled by this, I rejected all forms of common …
Going well
The Chantilly Lace roving is almost half done now, and it looks very pretty on the bobbin indeed. I am going for long-and-even (relative term)this time around. Still don’t know whether to ply two bobbins together or whether to chain ply it. Still don’t know what to knit it into. The Merope second sock has …