Category: spinning

  • too tired to think of a title

    Thought I’d drop by with a tiny bit of knitting/spinning news…not much going on here what with the three exams on monday and tuesday.

    First up, finally the end is on the horizon with no-stripes-go-round. The sleeves have been knit and attached, and I’ve done a whopping 2 rounds of the yoke – although with over 300 stitches per round, I suppose that’s still rather a lot. Hoping to get this one done soonish.

    In spinning, I did up a bit of light blue merino/silk as singles, just to see what would happen. I did about 10-12 yards (i actually didn’t count), trying to be low-twist but not too low. Washed and wound, ready to be knit into a swatch. I know the fibre’s not really going to be happy in life as a single, so I’m doing the rest of the bag as 2ply.

    And that’s really it. I’m at the start of some patterning on the raspberry skirt for my sister – I’m thinking eyelet rows alternating with dropped yarnover rows, and probably a picot edging.

    My printer is begin stupid and crapping out on one side of the page, so I’ve got to get that fixed tonight (fresh toner cartridge) and print off some of my study notes so I can give my poor eyes a rest from the computer. Night!

  • so Aven has something to read today

    I’ve had a rather productive week! Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday involved schoolwork (ugh). Wednesday night as stitch n bitch I got up to the second toe on the grey socks, but I’m not going to actually do the toe until I know that the other one is comfortable.

    Other things I’ve accomplished today:
    – washed and dried the monk’s satchel pieces (and boy, did they ever shrink up!)
    – washed the secret project; currently drying
    – spun up the second bobbin of merino/silk (I put the wheel in the family room and watched Star Trek: TNG)
    – I’m allllllmost done the tivoli tee, just another few inches straight knitting, and I think it’s going to fit
    – vaccumed

    Ahhh. The things one can get done while spending the day at home. I’ve got school tonight, though. I’m hoping that once July hits and I’ve only got 1 class (5 hours/week), I’ll be able to get tons of things done on my days off!

  • motorin’

    Progress on the grey sock…less than 3″ till the toe! It goes quickly when I work on it (story of my knitting life…).

    In spinning, I did up some shiny merino/silk. I’m hoping that when this is plied with another equal bobbin, it’ll fill the third bobbin and won’t go over. How do people spin up full bobbins of singles to be plied? Doesn’t that mean your plied skeins need to be all broken up? Or does everyone have a jumbo plying bobbin?

    And…..all the pieces of the Monk’s Satchel are done!

    See anything weird?

    By the knot at the side of the strap/gusset?

    Yeah, I screwed up the seed stitch. When I resized the photo, I actually said out loud “oh you are fucking kidding me”. But, it shall be on the bottom of the bag so I don’t really care. And if it bugs me enough, I’ll just duplicate stitch on the purl bumps.

    Just a couple of pieces of i-cord and the pieces meet my washing machine, and then a crochet hook.