A lengthy puzzle session in bed last night resulted in no progress on either remaining puzzle but gave plenty of mindless knitting opportunity – and Kenaz is off the needles. Is Kenaz completed? I think maybe not. Despite careful weighing and calculating, I have a quantity of yarn remaining. I can now knit a gusset …
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Torchy
Torchy, Torchy, the battery boy…. Remember him? 🙂 This afternoon I made inroads on the Torch Island roving. I began to worry about it as I spun it (span it?). The colours are quite high contrast really (chocolate brown, magenta, tangerine) and the single was well marled. Plying it might make it very muddy and …
Photo session
I dusted off my DSLR today, it has been many months since it saw the light of day. I even got out the tripod. I’m trying to practise yarn shots. It’s not going well. Lights, I need lights and reflectors… Anyway – here’s the rovings that arrived yesterday This is Inferno, merino roving from Copperpot …
1 step forward
One step forward – I just upgraded Custard’s progress to 100% at Ravelry. I need to sew a few ends in and take photos, but they are done. If I ever shown the faintest inclination towards a mohair project again just shoot me! One step back – I set my Spring Cap’s progress bar backwards, …
Curses
I have a great deal of sympathy for Captain Haddock, you know. There are times when a wide vocabulary of curses can come in handy. I had a quick scan of the good Captain’s vocab but he seems to have missed out the fashionable epithet GREAT TINKING MOHAIR!! You know, I am never going to …
More colour needed
I was just looking at my Ravelry projects page and thinking how nice it is to see some new colours appearing. I reckon, though, that the page needs some yellow, and a load of green. Green is coming up, with brown and metallic, for April and May on PS3 – I fully intend to whip …