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 …
Tag archives: Completed List 2008
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 …
Some FOs
Water and Sky looks fantastic. It weighs just 18 grams, and therefore cost me a snip of a £1.26. It’s very inexpertly blocked, but I didn’t see much point in wasting effort on it, plus putting it under too much tension would have made the hole worse. If I can repair it well, then I …
Tragedy
I washed and blocked my scarf and socks today. The socks are much improved for it. The scarf? Well, basically it looks terrific. But I found a hole! About one quarter in from one end – a large hole with around four stitches running. I have no idea if I am skilled enough to repair …
Target failure
It is becoming clear that the Alhambra scarf will not be finished today. I have 14.5 repeats done, and the thing is therefore 85% complete, assuming I do not decide to lengthen it. It really is going slowly now. This may have something to do with the fact that I took three breaks from it …