When one gets out of the habit of thinking about blogging, one definitely doesn’t blog much. Oh well, there’s no rule on how many times one has to push “publish” in order to be considered a blogger.
Since the last post, not a whole lot has gone on. Some knitting done. Some spinning. Some knitting with handspun.
This is my second “Habitat”. It’s definitely a pattern that needs a multiple-plied yarn. Singles yarn need not applied. One of these days I’ll post a picture of the first one done in Malabrigo worsted. ”Subtle” doesn’t quite cover it. This yarn is a woolen, spindle-spun & plied fine-wool blend that I carded from some handpainted top from Abby’s yarns. It took about 12 hours of knitting over 3 days. A “regular” hat usually takes me about 2 hours w/ worsted weight wool.
There’s another pair of sock on the needles for J. His request, not mine.
There was also a pair of mittens in Silk Garden Lite. I’m never buying Noro yarn again. This stuff actually gave me a splinter from a bit of wood that was spun into the yarn. Sorry, there’s “rustic” and there’s “bullshit”. I can spin a perfectly rustic yarn, without having to cut bits of tree out of my cuticle with a scalpel.
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