My long 2mm DPNs arrived today and I transferred the doyley onto them and then managed a couple of rounds of knitting. 44 rows completed and 13.22% done. Can you tell what it is yet? The long needles are very unwieldy. They will take some getting used to. Also in today’s post: a large ball …
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Currently…
Spinning: A merino roving from The Yarn Yard – my last in my stash, not counting a pencil roving from the same source. I’m considering knitting the pencil roving into a tea cosy if I can track the pattern down. I’ve not had much success thus far. Also spinning: carded Shetland natural fleece, in a …
Schizophrenia
Two things: 1) my roving seems to be suffering from schizophrenia. I have a yarn of two parts. Not at all sure what to do to rescue it – but parts of the singles are clear-cut shades-of-blue and the other parts are a subtly-hued blue-through-purple. Plans to chain ply are receding. Barber poles may be …
Knitting update
Recent success with my skeins has fired my enthusiasm for knitting with my handspun. The first project is to be a Fafner cushion, from Elsebeth Lavold’s Viking Patterns for Knitting book. Currently in Beta, I am knitting a practice piece with my Cheviot 2 ply. I cast it on last night and have almost finished …
Ravelympics?
A quick look at Ravelry shows that I now have just the one WIP. The BSJ needs a few rows to see it finished – maybe half an hour’s work. I could cast on a new project. Or I could sign up for the WIPS wrestling event in the Ravelympics and tackle some of my …
Almost ready
I gave up on the Morning Surf wrap at 9:30 this morning, and washed and blocked it. It blocked to 74″ by 16″, which is just about the right length but 3 inches or so too narrow, really. It’s dry now and labelled and packed. Photos after the Show. Sadly, I found a large and …