Just wear it. Kristin is sporting the lastest “Mintage” bf sweater and a MelonHead KnitWear skein. What a great look! Thanks Kristin.
If you in the mood for a serious knit…..One skein of Guns and Roses makes these awesome wrist warmers…
Thanks Mariegold.
These warmers are hard core. Great knitting.
The first time I dyed and spun BFL, I thought I had died. The staple, the sheen, the lustre…..oh my. Until that point I had only spun merino (which seemed so lifeless by comparison)
What was I thinking? The matte finish of this fibre is hauntingly beautiful and subtle. I am thrilled with the weekend’s production and can hardly wait to dig in. Merino, you have won me back.
I can hardly wait to get back in to the studio tomorrow. Kristin and I will be having a dyeathon.
I’ve added a tab for classes. I have the schedule now for the Dyeing Class in April.
No studio today, knitting at home. Maybe a log for the fire and a movie.
What else needs to be said?. It is a fibre that I don’t often work with. I managed to order some online last year and gleefully add it to my stash (with no plan for it whatsoever). I think it works perfectly for this new prop for Gabi. It is also beautiful to knit.
I was out of the coordinating hand spun and had to go to the studio today to whip up a bit more. It also gave me a chance to spend some time with the new studio acquisition. The Majacraft Suzie Pro is a wheel that I have been coveting for some time. It doesn’t just spin, it soars. The coordinating hand spun is kettle dyed BFL, not as soft as the cashmere, but I wouldn’t kick it out of bed for eating crackers either.
When did I become such a yarn snob?
My custom order for the pair of ginseng hats is done. In working through the hats and trying to get a feel for ginseng as well as the soon to be married couple, I did a bit of research. When I read that the root was given in ancient times to open the heart, the work for the hats flowed freely.
I’ve done something I have never done before. I taught someone how to spin before I taught them how to knit. The woman who owns these hands can make magic.
Another knitter and spinner set loose on the world. Excellent.
I’ve been going to Whistler regularily. At least twice a month. Either for WFM Board meetings or to get together with Gabi. We’ve been collaborating quite a bit this year and I’m excited about even more work that we discussed yesterday.
Friday day meetings means I get to sit back and enjoy the bus ride to Whistler. It’s awesome, environmentally correct and I don’t have motion sickness so the knitting is extreme. I was thrilled to finally finish my Urchin Hat. (Ysolda Teague) This has to be the best design for thick and thin yarn. The design is exceptional. It is really a revolution for hat construction. Even though the pattern has been out for a while…(.free on her website or from Knitty) I’ve been too busy doing my own thing to want to knit anyone else’s patterns…However this one stuck.
I found myself with an extra skein of Koi Pond, and well, here is the result.
My alterations to the pattern overlapped some of the short rowing a bit more and I jumped the gauge to 10mm needles to accommodate the yarn and to have more of an exaggerated tam. .
I love, love, love the hat and the yarn. I wore it around the house today. I want to knit one for everyone I know. I want everyone I know who knits to knit one. It’s not like I don’t have plenty of hand spun that will fit the bill.
I’m oddly and eagerly looking forward to my next bus ride. I think I’ll knit another one.
Today the housekeeping fairy came by the studio with a magic thing called a vacuum cleaner. I can see the floor, my studio mates and the potential to keep it tidier going forward. How amazing. The magic fairy also brought her inseparable companion.
This morning we were given an unfriendly gift for our birthday. Universe, thanks for the one less hour sleep that I really could have used.
Other than the rain, and the shortened sleep, our day together was a thoughtful one. We still have all three of our babies and spent a great deal of time in cuddle mode. So close to losing Hadiya this week…It was an awful feeling. Everyone is back to their normal level of irritability looking for the comfiest cushion to claim. Yes, back to normal.
I even got a short studio visit in. I had a dyed top I could not wait to dive into. After that, dinner at our favourite restaurant. That would have been a great way to spend the evening, had my fortune cookie not called me fat. An insult and from a frackin cookie if you please. Okay, I know it’s been a long comfortable winter, but really. I have no choice, I have lifestyle changes to make. I have NEVER in my life NOT listened to a cookie.
Our day will end with its usual customary tarot reading. It’s what I get John for his birthday every year. It’s not like I’m going to knit him a pair of socks, right?
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Kristin and I are in a dyeing frenzy, almost a race. It’s an intense amount of production and experimentation. Why not? We have the space, the drive and the perfect cabinets (thanks to Sonia).
It feels amazing to have this many stock dyes. It feels……almost…….dare I say it…..
