Category: yarn

  • sooo full

    I think I ate too much dinner. Anyway, I’ve got a paper to write but I do have progress –

    The sleeves of the Corset Pullover are done!

    I’ll do the lace edging and figure out how to kitchener live stitches to bound off ones tomorrow at SnB. Also, the red socks are nearing completion – I’m alternating between the socks (I have to keep switching the needles, which is a pain) so I can use up all the yarn. I’m on the ribbing now.

    I got my box of yarn from Elann!

    The Fortissima sock yarn is soooo soft. I want to order more to make tank tops or fine gauge sweaters or something – but I think the buy, buy, buy temptation on that has passed somewhat – that’s a good thing. I think I’ll start the jacket with the Pisco tomorrow at SnB as well – I hope it’ll be a fast knit at 15 sts/4 in.

    Thanks for all the compliments on the cardi! I’m still feeling the finishing bug, so I’m hoping to sew on those buttons tonight and maybe even baste in the zipper on the Lotech. Well, at least pin it in.

    Two more things. 1) My friend Erin made a cardi! See her pics here. 2) I made a new pattern page for the cardi pattern, complete with new pictures. Check it out here.

  • no time

    Argh! It’s down to the crunch, in terms of school and all that. So very many things to do..

    I received my package from Camilla Valley Farm – two cones of 8/8 cotton, 1 pound of 4/8 mercerized cotton.

    Unfortunately, the brown isn’t what I was hoping for so I’m going to return it for another colour (and I got the shade cards, so now I can actually see the colours!).

    But it’s all about scale:

    A 1/3 lb cone of mercerized cotton next to my standard-size organic goat’s milk lip balm. Tiny, eh? I wasn’t expecting that, but so long as the yardage is correct, it’s a-ok!

    Apparently Stephanie’s delusion about the proportions of one’s feet and where the heel and toe are in relation to each other is contagious, because

    See the needle there? Yeah, I’d started making the heel. Hrmph. Anyway, I ripped it back, and did a heel based on the pattern “Priscilla’s Dream Socks” but it kind of looked like crap.

    Although I’m surprised that my camera even managed to capture such a close view, it doesn’t really show how the heel looked – the yos created really loose stitches. So I ripped again, and did a short-row heel with wraps – it looks much better. So now I can finally get moving on the rest of the sock.

  • sneak peek

    The preview of Interweave Summer 2005 is up!