I really wanted to show you the most wonderful skein of hand-dyed yarn today. It is the most marvelous and subtle job of dyeing, on a 80/20 Merino/Nylon base, from Violet Green. I tried. Truly, I tried. Alas, my camera setup could not cope and all I have is this murky shot to show you. …
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Would you prefer a fibre thrill?
(Caroline’s preferences noted) OK. Perhaps I short changed us with today’s all-natural Thursday Thrill. Would we like a quick fibre jolly as well? I’ve been keeping this one quiet. To be honest, I did not dare to even think about it. I have been hanging out (briefly) in the Ravelry KAL group that goes with …
A Growing Thrill
My visual thrills this week have been provided by the field of barley next to the Windswept Acre. Each morning when I take the dogs out, I stand with my rapidly cooling coffee and just gaze at the field. The barley is right at that stunning green-gold phase and it simply glows in the morning …
The Thrill of the Yarn
Oh, what a Thursday Thrill we have today. Nobody can tell me that new stash is ever any less than thrilling but today’s parcel is just wondrous! The recent Colourmart Lovers contest[sic] over on Ravelry saw the Woolgatherer produce the best project in the Accessory category – my Annis shawl. The prize for this extraordinary …
Tellit Tuesday – more shopping
This is terrible: two show-and-tells in a row that involve shopping and spending money. I’ll be shot at dawn if the old man finds out…
Is it OK to shop if it is bargain-based? I think that it might be 🙂
Colourmart posted some eBay cone end sets last week and I thought that they looked like really good weaving practice yarns…
Yarny goodness
Today is Day 7 of Knit/Crochet Blog week and today’s prompt is:
There’s one love that we all share: yarn. Blog about a particular yarn you have used in the past or own in your stash, or perhaps one that you covet from afar. If it is a yarn you have used you could show the project that you used it for, perhaps writing a mini ‘review’. Perhaps, instead, you pine for the feel of the almost mythical qiviut? You could explore and research the raw material and manufacturing process if you were feeling investigative.
Previous blog posts have contained the immortal phrase “If I could only knit with one yarn for the remainder of my life, this would be it” (or words to that effect.) The way I see it then is, having already laid my cards on the table, I am constrained to claim that yarn for this post.
Read on…