It’s all I can do not to go back and snaffle another pack. It’s a good job all the best colour choices have gone! I might ply some strands together. Or I might not. I think I should test knit a piece to see how far it blooms on washing.
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It really is gorgeous
This scarf that I am knotting is a thing of great beauty. I am not blowing my own trumpet here – it is more a matter of fact that I am greatly moved by the rightness of this piece of work. It really is a stunner – and it was much admired at Spinning Group …
Yesterday’s Washing
Bathtime
The new yarn is sitting in a tub of hot fairy liquid suds. If there is time when this yarn has been cleaned, I’ll get the Eucalan out and get all my washing and blocking done. But it’s getting late now, so there may not be time. I now have the Inferno roving sitting by …
Yay!
The DFV is done. 354 yards total. All 3 ply. What a relief. I think I’ll knock up that stuff that we bought in Stromness last week for my next project. Something thick and bouncy and really slubby. I might leave it as a single and get a spool of something interesting to ply it …
Confidence and Ambition
What’s the difference between Confidence and Reasonable Ambition? Well, in this case, “something akin to a dog’s breakfast” must be the answer. I am reasonably confident that I have been overly ambitious in wanting to Navajo ply all of the Deep Fried Vegis. Anyway, it is a skill that I wish to master – and …