Category: yarn

  • i made it!

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    A horrendously boring 2-hour wait in a nearly-closed airport (the duty free shops even closed at midnight) and a 7-hour flight later, I’m here in Edinburgh! Ysolda’s a great hostess – and she’s got a fantastic flat. The delay on the flight actually put me on a pretty good schedule, because I slept a few hours, woke up, and landed in the middle of the day here (and was tired enough to go to bed at a reasonable time in the evening).

    Yesterday we went for a decent length walk around, I took photos like the tourist I am, especially of the buildings and curvy streets!

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    Today we did some errands, went to a gallery (had lunch there too, which was really yummy) and went to the yarn store where Ysolda works, k1. I of course bought some pretty yarn – sock yarn from Old Maiden Aunt and merino/silk laceweight from Fyberspates.

    edinburgh yarn!

    And shoes! Yes, we bought the same shoes again (in different colours).

    new shoes!

    We’re off to London on Thursday!

  • oh, that new project smell!

    I think I was feeling really lost about my knitting projects because I was just so bored with doing the same ones for so long! Cast on for something new and it just speeds along – the 5.5 mm needles probably help, too.

    Friday morning…

    quickie cardigan

    Saturday morning…

    yoke done...

    And this, well, afternoon since I got up so late…

    ...and a sleeve

    It’s just a simple top-down cardigan – it’s going to be short, because I’m light on yarn, but I’ve got an idea for the shape that I’m hoping will work out. We’ll see – I wanted to do the sleeves first so I could use up every last scrap of yarn for the body! I’m now done that second sleeve and I’m moving on the body.

    I love the yarn, too – it’s Sublime Cashmere Merino Silk Aran, and while I know it isn’t going to wear very well, it’s awfully soft! Mmmmm.

    In other yarn news,

    STR "lettuce knit"

    Socks that Rock lightweight in our very own “lettuce knit” colourway is in at the store! A pretty decent amount of yarn came, but it’s going fast – if you want one by mail order, give me a call (number’s on the website) and I’ll see what I can do!

  • catch-up

    It was great having Ysolda here this week, we had lots of fun! Let’s see how much I can cram into this post – mostly photos.

    We did lots of knitting on the various forms of the TTC.

    day two, streetcar

    Ysolda got two awesome dresses at the Clothing Show (there’s a photo of the other one on her blog). Her sweater pattern will be forthcoming on the blog as well..

    day four: shopping jaunt

    We went ribbon shopping at Mokuba:

    so. much. ribbon.

    And yarn shopping at Romni (where I got the fibranatura from the last post).

    shopping at Romni

    On her last day here, Ysolda came with me to work, and we sat and chatted and crocheted.

    last day: ysolda at LK

    And then it was time to say goodbye, sniff.

    bye!

    Now I really want to go visit Edinburgh!

    us.