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 …
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The Knitting Curse
I have developed what may be the ultimate knitter’s curse: Tinking Mohair! Well, OK, it does sound a little Captain Haddock-ish, but any knitter worth their knitter’s salt must empathise when they hear that phrase uttered by a peer in pain. No, the Custard Mitts are not going particularly well. And I still hate mohair. …
Knitting Charts – Knitting Yarn Store UK
A small change in my search terms and a comparison chart was swiftly found – at Angel Yarns, of course! Knitting Charts – Knitting Yarn Store UK 4ply it is, then. I’m going for these Dragon Scale mitts . I’ll maybe use my green bamboo mix yarn for them, or perhaps the grey BFL commercial …
ysolda » New
I was pleased to see that the newly opened trendy knitters shop, K1 in Edinburgh stocks Orkney Angora. And now it has been plugged in Ysolda’s blog. ysolda » New Ysolda’s blog is quite big, and her patterns are popular on Ravelry (I have a few myself…) William may well see a surge in sales …
Discipline
I have decided to apply Project Spectrum as a discipline and am about to go raid my stash box and sort it out into element groups. Anything that (remotely) fits the elements colour groups for PS3 gets knitted and knitted to schedule. Same with the fibre box. This element of discipline may save me from …
Kenaz
Fired (ho, ho) by my paper-crafting PS3 experience yesterday, I decided that it was high time to get those knitting needles moving on a Fire project. This morning I settled down with my Araucania Nature Wool, from the swap I did via Ravelry, and cast on. What am I knitting? I’ll tell you when I …