Well, we’ve gotten through the morning and afternoon of Wednesday and are now looking down the barrel of evening/night. The day isn’t over yet, though, and that means a WIP Wednesday is still possible! So! What’s in the Tardis Bag and my Skully bag? Um…I can’t show you those. They’re designs-in-progress that aren’t for public […]
Remember that pretty little raincloud of fluff that I showed off last week? If not, here’s the picture again for reference. That’s 100 grams of 100% Merino Top from www.peartreeyarn.com (I bought it through one of the local stores. Gina Brown’s, I think). This is what it looks like now! Dyelot: 237210 Colourway: Damson 423 […]
Lookie lookie what came in the mail! Because I’ve started using my wheel again, I decided to invest in some good quality fibre. I’ve heard really great things about Crown Mountain Farm‘s wares, and had been thinking of ordering from them for a few months, so I figured I’d give them a try. I’m extremely […]
So I took these And did this to them… And turned them into this And then finally into this. That’s approximately 200 grams of top that has been turned into chain-plied yarn. It’s somewhere between fingering and dk weight. I have no idea how many yards, but it’s a lot. The bright orange was a […]
I finished plying! The overly-saturated yarn of doomy-doom has had a timeout in its own personal bath & is currently air-drying in front of the back door. If all goes well and the weather clears up, maybe it will do some sun-bathing later on today. Next up? I’m thinking this lovely purple fluff (I’ve started […]
It’s another WIP Wednesday! I would have posted sooner, but with the weather being overcast and rainy, I barely had time to bring in the laundry yesterday. Which is OK, because that gave me time to turn the heel on the 2nd of Robin’s grey-and-red socks It also gave me time to turn some of […]
I spent most of Sunday night working on chores that needed to get done, punctuated by furious bouts of spinning. Which is why my knitting progress has eased off, but still….spinning! I’m now at the point where I’m plying from a hugely packed bobbin that contains almost 200 grams of fibre. I overflowed onto a […]
So I decided, after all my issues with gauge, to just rib the heck out of Robin’s new socks. I figure that if they’re a wee bit large, the ribbing will fix that little problem! 😉 So I’ve started on sock #2, and am ticking along fairly quickly all things considered. Having to purl usually […]
Looks like the sock mojo is back. Now that I’m not knitting the Weeping Angel prototypes over & over, I’m giving myself a little “fun time” to cleanse the palate. Enter the Rollins Socks: Pattern: Basic toe-up with a Fleegle Heel. Size: Ladies 9 – 10. 64 sts on size 2.5mm Addi Turbos. Yarn: Knitglobal […]
I realized, as I was headed out the door to work on Monday evening, that I already had a pair of vanilla socks on the needles. Of course, that’s not going to stop me from knitting the grey-and-orangey-red socks, but they may not be finished as quickly as they might have been otherwise. These are […]