Month: January 2006

  • grump.

    A bit grumpy, moody these last couple days. At least I have supermerino socks to cheer me up!

    Thuja socks
    Pattern: thuja from knitty
    Yarn: Artyarns Supermerino, col. 130
    Needles: 3.25 mm dpn
    Finished: uh…sometime shortly after I started.

    Super fast, super comfy, and pink! What’s not to love?

    I’ve also been working on the back of Nordic Memories – there was a bit of a yarn supply scare, but I finished the back within the allotted three balls. Since the front is a v-neck, it uses less yarn – I should be ok. Going by the yardage the pattern called for 8.2 balls of Merino Style, but I’ll have used a full 10 balls of the main colour. Good thing I always buy extra!

    Lots more updates this weekend.

    ETA: Yes, I only used 2 skeins – smaller needles for a smaller foot, 5.5″ cuff, 9.5″ foot. Fun!

  • psst.

    spring Interweave preview is up!

  • breather

    Whew. I just wrote a test that’s been hanging over my head since before Christmas! Now I feel like I have time to knit and spin and all those good things…before I need to seriously get back into new term work. D’oh.

    On the weekend though, while I was studying, I also managed to dye up a bunch of roving:

    The colours are a bit washed out here, but you get the idea – I did two pounds and a quarter in 4 oz lots. I’m trying to make a dent in my massive merino stash so I can order more wool sometime ;) I want to do some bigger dyelots as well, but not until I actually have a project (and therefore amount of wool needed) in mind. These are just for something different from all the skinny white stuff I’ve been spinning! No picture at the moment, but I’m spinning up skinny (laceweight to fingering) merino to do a three-ply for a sweater-type project. 1.5 bobbins into the first batch, and it’s taken me awhile because I don’t have much time fore spinning! I should make a point of doing it more.

    Anyway, knitting – I’ve been working on Nordic Memories. I’m done both sleeves, am up to the armhole shaping of the back, and am done the ribbing of the front (not pictured, as I just knit that today).

    Thank you all for your lovely comments on my shawl!