Category: everyday

  • old socks, new yarn

    tuscany socks

    I finished the Tuscany (Lorna’s Laces) socks a loooong time ago but never blogged them! They’re just basic socks, 68 sts on 2mm needles, 3×1 ribbing and normal heel flap. I made them for the boyfriend’s brother, who wore them to an important interview…and got the job!

    In new yarn news, the Rowan Pure Wool DK that I got awhile back for the short-row fair isle in Loop-d-loop:

    rowan pure wool DK

    The main colours are the light pink and dark pink/red. I was a bit disappointed with the light pink colour at first but I think it’ll all work out. Some swatching is in order, of course, and I can always just supplement with other colours if needed.

    I’ll be having a BIG handspun destashing sale tomorrow. Stay tuned!

  • mmmm, jam

    I went to the One of a Kind Show this evening with Elizabeth, who happily had two free tickets! (I would’ve gone anyway, but that made it awesomer.)

    I had a really nice time and there was lots of stuff I liked. I ended up buying a really cute top and skirt from one seller, and I just looooved their other skirts – but they were a bit too pricey for me (about $150!). The skirt was a large and the top an extra small, go figure.

    I also bought a whole bunch of eatables! Blueberry balsamic (the same kind you got last year erin), maple mustard (had to avenge the Rhinebeck mustard), very nice red wine vinegar, maple jelly (very cool), marmalade, chocolate covered blueberries, cherries, and raspberries, and a garlic bread dipper (I think it would be quite nice on pasta). Mmmmmm, sampling. I realized afterwards that I’d wanted to get this onion marmalade but forgot. Probably better that way.

    There was a lot of very nice glass jewelery that I liked, but I don’t think I’m going to be able to go back this weekend (and we didn’t get a reentry thingy either, so I’d have to pay). The whole thing was definitely inspiring, and made it feel like spring to me for some reason, maybe all the shiny new things. I think some Etsy jewelery shopping is definitely in order! Any suggestions?

    In the meanwhile, while the weather is warming up I’ve been working with alpaca:

    lara by dinner

    It’s Lara by Debbie Bliss, in Alpaca Silk from elann when they had it awhile ago – very nice colour, extremely luxurious yarn, and very fast knit! That’s still about the place I am now, having taken some time away from it for new obsessions (more on that later), but I’m more than halfway done. I am concerned about wear, though – I know it’s not going to wear well and it’s already fuzzing a bit. D’oh. Good thing I have a good sweater shaver thing.

    P.S. No new yarn until the Frolic diet isn’t going so well – there’s so much stuff at the store that I want! More organic wool/cotton (I LOVE this yarn) and a beautiful new handdyed merino with fabulous yardage from Dreams in Color. Argh!

  • tidbits

    In lieu of the rest post, where I put up photos of the completed Bubble sweater (which I’ve worn twice already!)…

    This morning I forced myself awake, got dressed for work and was just about ready to go when…I knocked over a big glass of water which was on my desk, which then shattered at my feet, cutting one of them. Luckily no glass was embedded, and I had left lots of time to get to work. I picked up the big pieces, paper toweled up the water, and vacuumed – I vacuumed again when I got home. Stupid, stupid. Plastic cups from now on.

    New yarn – I bought a bag of O-wool Balance, which is 50% organic wool, 50% organic cotton goodness. I can’t find a picture of the colour, but it’s a tweedy dark plummy rose. I’m planning on doing a simple top-down wrap (typo: crap) sweater out of it. Now – no more yarn buying till the Knitter’s Frolic, which is one month from now.

    Tons of projects in progress and papers to write, too. I’d better get on that!