| Knitting : General : Â I must be old....I just don\'t know where the time is going |
I'll be 31 on Thursday. What happened with that? And while we're talking.....JULY??? JULY already? Isn't it still February or something? This means my little Ava will be a whopping ONE YEAR old in a couple of weeks. That is really bogus. Another bogosity? I still haven't updated the picture in the upper right hand corner of this here blog. HELLO. That picture was taken in June of 2007. Ava wasn't even here yet. Melanie has a lot more hair than what shows there. I could go on and on. But that isn't why you come here. I mean, you are probably excited that someone is even updating this space. CRAZY!!!
Crafty first. I have dusted off my spinning wheel, and have actually filled up a bobbin of Blue Faced Leicester! Whooo! Now I just need to do another one, so that I can practice my plying. I am pretty good at the singles bit...but the plying is still eluding me. Practice is what I need for that skill. No pictures, just natural colored fleece.
Crochet...I have started a small baby blanket in Bernat Baby Coordinates Sweet Stripes in blue and white. My Mom got rid of a bunch of yarn, and this was in the bunch with a pattern book that needed two skeins, and wouldn't you know it? She gave me two skeins. I like to have a simple crochet project going on the side, so this is it.
Knitting...I was looking for something to make out of my stash, so I pulled this
kit out for a capelet. It is very pretty, and looks like a
straightforward knit. However, there are eight different colors, and
you knit with four at a time, changing colors as you go, so that the
color shifts ever so slightly. I haven�t even started knitting yet. You
know why? Because you have to take each skein, and split it into four
equal balls. THIS IS TAKING FOREVER. I am only halfway done. It tires
my hands out a lot to wrap these tiny little balls. And then you have
to keep each in their own ziplock so that the colors don�t get mixed
up. And then�I have to swatch. It needs two sets of circulars, and one
of them has to be a 40� length, which I don�t have. Especially in a
size 7�no store ever wants to carry that size for some reason. It is
always 6 or 8. Which means I need to order whatever needle might happen
to work. It�ll be a miracle by the time I get going on this.
And since I was last here, I have finished a few items. I made a poncho for my Mom, out of more yarn that she had destashed.
The yarn and pattern were sold together at Yarn Lady in Laguna Hills.
The yarn ball (Voila and Encore together) was wound there, and was sold
under the name of Gaby�s Yarn Ball. My Mom bought the lime green Voila
and Forest Green Encore combo. The pattern is pretty easy to follow,
and comes out just fine. It is all knit in one piece, and with the one
ball (with a little bit to spare). My husband says that it looks like a
lawn, so that is why I called it Astroturf. I knit is up for my mom, as
something quick and easy to do. My mom is pleased with how it came out.
I also finished my Lorna's Laces scarf!
This is the Double Bordered Scarf in the "Victorian Lace" book. A little tough on the startup, but once I got the hang of it, it was smooth sailing. It blocked very nicely. The colors don't show very well in the photo, but the colorway is Watercolor.
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