FO: Monkey Socks!!
Details
Pattern: Monkey Socks
Yarn: handspun merino, hand-dyed with Kool-Aid
Needles: 2.25mm DIY birch dpns (see PSA below)
Project Timeline: June 17-22, 2007
Modifications: picot cuff; only 5 reps. of pattern for leg; “Eye of Partridge” heel.
Dudes, are these things ever addictive! The lace pattern is so easy to memorize, they just seem to knit themselves. [...]
Remember that Shetland Diamond shawl?
I finally blocked it. (Last week, sorry!) And what a difference!
Centre square
Edging
Corner
The shawl, fully blocked, hung up on my bookcase for scale. I love how airy and see-through it is!
It started innocently enough, explaining the process to a friend. But that brought up the memories, the fun I’d had zapping yarn in the microwave, the slightly fruity wet-sheep smell, those candy colours….
Then I was off, rummaging through drawers for those tiny packets of concentrated, mordant-inclusive, food-grade dye. My most recent hand-spun was [...]
Let me tell you about my past week, and about two people who’ve made it special. One is a dear friend, someone I’ve known for years. The other is pretty much a stranger, only briefly met. Both have, through their words and actions, restored not only some faith in humankind to me, [...]
Saturday was the Great TTC Knit-A-Long, in honour of international Knit In Public Day. What A blast!
I was on the “Central Committee”, so my team met up at silly o’clock at Alterknit, a fabulous knit-cafe. It’s really chic and spacious, and where else an you get yarn and waffles?
The Central Committee assembles [...]
Because I said I would in my last post, here’s the skein:
This is the first full skein I’ve spun up, full processed by hand by me from slightly-smelly sheep bits to real live yarn. This 45g. skein comes in at 11-12 WIP of chained 3-ply.
Now, you must excuse me: I have to [...]
Here and there, this week, I’ve been making some first forays with Eshme (my Shetland fleece). I’ve taken a bit of a break from the wool washing (to commence again tomorrow evening), and have begun sampling it in a bit greater depth. Of course, I’ve been spinning teeny-weeny bits on the drop spindles [...]
This Saturday, June 9, 2007, is International Knit In Public Day! No longer need you fear being the only knitter in a crowd! Grab your sticks and string and get out there!
And, for those of you in my neck of the woods, there’s the TTC Knit-A-Long, a day-long yarn crawl on [...]
There was a blog contest a little while ago that wanted to know what one looks for in a ‘good’ blog. My answer was, a combination of useful info and a true author’s voice (be it humourous or sarcastic or scatterbained, whatever); someone who shares. Well, I’ve been trying to share what I [...]
What with all the self-examination and socialization and fleece-prep and spinning lately, my blog’s title is beginning to run the risk of losing it’s irony. So, just to prove that I do, in fact, still knit, here are some WIPS:
1)The Socks from Fluff(my first pair of handknit socks form handspun wool) are progressing nicely, [...]
