Book Yarn, Part VI
Today I'm showing off Three Irish Girls' lovely Kells Sport in the color Brennan. I've not worked with this specific base before, but I have used (and very much enjoyed) their Adorn Sock in my Calcareous socks. I first found Three Irish Girls' yarns at Sock Summit. Their combination of beautiful colors and a wide choice of base yarns was irresistible. I knew I wanted to include a variety of yarn thicknesses in my book, and Three Irish Girls makes one of the most sock-suitable sport weight yarns I've ever found. It can be hard to find sport weight yarn [...]
Utterly Without Shame
So I've gone and done it. Once before I succumbed to the biggest knitting blog cliche out there and showed you my cat. Apparently doing it once broke some sort of internal restraint, because here I am doing it again. It seems all my kitten-based indiscretions are related to spinning. The last time I mentioned them, it was in a post where I declared that my affair with spinning was at an end. Two weeks later, I found out I was going to the silk retreat in Port Ludlow which features spinning. A deep and abiding fear of being the [...]
Funambulist
Funambulist \fyu-ˈnam-byə-list\ noun - One who performs on a tightrope (No really, it's a real word...not even some 1970s made up word...an actual, real live, been around for a long time word.) Just a tiny sneak peek today. These socks are for the From Robin's Nest Four Seasons Sock and Fingerless Mitt Club (quite a mouthful that is). They will be exclusive to club members until next summer. However, I'm more or less shameless and will use just about anything as an excuse reason for a post. What can I say? Most of my knitting at the moment is super [...]
Book Yarn, Part V
Today we've got an appearance by another old favorite, Hand Maiden. The light gray yarn on top is Bess, a merino / cashmere blend that I've not worked with before. The darker gray yarn on the bottom is Casbah, a merino / cashmere /nylon blend I've loved for a long time. One of my first patterns, Slant, was made from Casbah, as was Graupel, one of my more recent offerings. I have a soft spot for Hand Maiden and their sister company Fleece Artist. When I first started knitting, I used the standard yarns available at Joann or Walmart and [...]
Practice Makes…
Practice makes...well, it hasn't made perfect quite yet, but it is getting better. I can now consistently spin for at least half an hour without feeling the need to swear profusely. It's looking prettier too. Maybe there's hope yet.
Book Yarn, Part IV
I've never quite managed be one of those people who are always up on the newest or coolest things. Perhaps I'm not attentive enough or I don't try hard enough or maybe I just don't care. I've come to terms with that, and I don't even think it's a bad thing. Most of the time. Alas, in this case, my blithe dismissal of buzz led me to miss out on Sanguine Gryphon's Bugga for far too long. Now that I've got some of it in my hands, I see what all the chatter has been about. This stuff is really [...]
Winner!
Thanks so much to everyone who commented on the Anemochory post! The winner is StepCat, and I'll be sending her an email to arrange delivery of her goodies. Don't forget that everyone else is welcome to take advantage of the 10% off offer at SlackFord Studio until the end of the month by using the code 'Hunter' at checkout! I'll be back soon with more book yarn and hopefully some progress pics of my current sock (I've got to quell the rumors that I've abandoned knitting all together).
Book Yarn, Part III
So the last two book yarns were returns of old favorites. That's always wonderful, and I am excited to work with them again. That said, there's something marvelous in finding new favorites too. (If you were a brownie in the 80s that godawful Make New Friends song might be running through your head now too. Sorry about that.) That's what's happened here. This is the lovely Sock Plus 8 by Handwerks in the color Paprika. It's made of 8 tiny plies tightly twsited together resulting in marvelously smooth yarn. The stitch definition is fantastic, and despite all those plies, it's [...]
Giveaways and Patterns and Goodies Oh My!
Anemochory are out! These were made with the lovely Hedonist Sock from SlackFord Studio, and you've been watching me work on them for the last few weeks. They're smooshy and warm and indulgent and just the sort of thing I love to put my feet in...when it's not hot. I'm pretty sure it will get cold again eventually, and I'll be breaking these out just as soon as I can bring myself to put anything on my feet again...say some time in September. Now this temporary sock wearing hiatus does not reflect a sock knitting hiatus, at least not for [...]
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