Progress and Casualties First, the progress: I’m on 4/4 turtles in the Ocean Rain top from John Arbon Textiles: The spindle I’m using here is one I’ve had a rockier relationship with. It’s made by Subterranean Woodworks and feels well balanced, but I’ve never felt like I was getting it… Read More »Spinning Campaign Report
and more lessons on short rows in tops I’ve made it to the armholes of my Twisted Lines top on the front. Woohoo! One of the challenges with tops knit flat is that they often say things like “knit in pattern until Yin from bottom. Next two rows bind off… Read More »Matching Front and Back
So far I’ve been doing pretty well at maintaining my goal to spin every day. I still have a bit more to do today, but my regular attention to spinning has generated two finished cops: I’ve finished spinning up 3/4 of the teal now, so I just have about 1oz… Read More »February is for Fiber – day 10
If you missed the one last fall, or had a blast participating, Desamour Designs is running another BIPOC MAL for 2020. It started February 1st (sorry I’m late posting this – it was a crazy work week!) and runs through March 31, 2020. There is more info in the blog… Read More »BIPOC MAL 2020 – through March 31, 2020
You may recall that at the start of the year I said it was really good I hadn’t resolved to go on a yarn and fiber diet, because I’d already been shopping online. Well, I thought I’d show you what’s arrived in the mail since then. But first, my lovely… Read More »Recent Stash Acquisitions
I spent some time winding yarn over the weekend so that I could start my Fireworks Festival shawl, and since then I have been admiring the pretty cakes of blue, orange and pink. I also keep forgetting to take pictures in daylight. However, I have not cast on yet, largely… Read More »Not actually forgotten
Yesterday I wanted to work on my beaded shawl, but a certain feline friend lost* one of the the rubber stoppers to my bead needle and nearly spilled a canister of beads everywhere the day before in leaping onto my desk. As I scrambled to rescue the beads, she starting… Read More »I made it!
I brought a mix of yarn from the US to Germany – different colors and weights, and also a mix of yarns with a specific pattern in mind and others with just a general idea of what I might do. Take the yarns above – I was pretty sure I’d… Read More »What makes a project special enough?
I finished binding off the cowl today. I did have to rip back a few rows and use the white handspun for the first two rows of the 8 row edge to ensure I had enough of the tweed 2ply to finish and bind off. I finished it this afternoon… Read More »Patience!
I have stayed focused since my last post and worked almost exclusively on my cowl and plying. The cowl is only a few rows away from complete though I definitely have a game of yarn chicken in progress: If I need to I can finish it with more of the… Read More »Progress visible and barely visible
