Briefly – busy, busy, busy. Merino/Tussah almost spun, but lots getting in the way. Banished from office for much of time so getting plenty of rest for my arm. That’s good. To be banished all day tomorrow again. Which means… 1) I can finish the roving and ply my two bobbins together. 2) I can …
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Hairy knitting
This is my furry snake project, aka The Gorilla. It’s a Kaa-the-snake pattern scarf, in the mixed grey mohair that Gill gave me yesterday. It’s as hairy as a gnarly old terrier. It gave me a lot of problems yesterday afternoon, and now I don’t want to knit it. So I kicked this one off …
There is a backup
By bed time last night I had the scarf restored to where I had ripped it back from, plus a tiny bit. I had ten pattern repeats done (the pattern calls for 13) and I laid it down to admire my handiwork with a sigh. It’s a large psychological barrier and always good to leap …
Pine Cone Scarf
The current project is a free pattern, from Interweave Knits via Knitting Daily: the Pine Cone Scarf. It should be fashioned in Mountain Colors Mountain Goat but I am using Noro Kureyon. This was a poor choice – I hadn’t realised that Kureyon is not washable. Oops. However, it comes in fab colours and is …
One stitch forward, two back
Well, the yarn that I had ordered, then cancelled, arrived today. I still hadn’t decided what to do about it. Unfortunately, the yarn looked so gorgeous, I coughed up the dosh and cast on 🙂 The centre panel knitted up quickly, although the “BO all stitches” had me foxed for some time. What on earth …