Posted in knitting, socks on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I got a new camera the other day, and I finished the pair of worsted weight socks I mentioned in a previous post.
Pardon the cat in the background.
These were made with some Cascade 220 I had lying around. I used size 6 dpn’s. I started at the toe with waste yarn. I [...]
Posted in spinning on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A while back, I mentioned wanting to spin up some Wensleydale to make Sally Melville’s Einstein Coat. I mentioned afterwards that I might just get some Gotland top and spin that for the coat because finding handpainted Wensleydale seemed to be more difficult than other fibers. But Wensleydale just screams, “Outerwear!”
But when I [...]
Posted in knitting, socks on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I started a new pair of socks last night. I am already done turning the heel. Yes, I love to start, hate to finish. I am still working on my striped socks and my cabled socks. But I wanted to make a thick sock. Something to wear around the house [...]
Posted in miscellaneous, spinning on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
OK. It was a long and arduous process. I know my Lendrum is a “he.” He told me so. And when you look at him, he has a regal and stately air about him. He’s a product of Canada, so he’s part of The Crown, so he needed a British name…something befitting his nature. My [...]
Posted in spinning on December 16, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Well, I got the Lendrum Folding Wheel. I wasn’t surprised. The spinning was just a formality, really. What’s funny is that it spun awesome in the shop. I tried the Fricke, and my fiber kept breaking. “Eh, I’ve had it with this wheel. I want the Lendrum.” It [...]
Posted in spinning on December 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Dudes, I’m going to Woodland Woolworks on Saturday!
They’re outside of Portland. I called ahead and made sure they had the wheels I wanted to try out before we go.
I’m quite flush. I worked overtime last week, which will be reflected in my pay this Friday, PLUS the state of Oregon occasionally gives taxpayers [...]
Posted in knitting, socks, spinning on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I got some knitting/spinning bags recently:
This is the Go Knit Pouch that I ordered from KnitPicks. It’s the perfect size for my sock-in-progress (which should be done very soon, so that I can start on its mate.
And speaking of mates:
No, I did not rip back this sock. This is its mate. I [...]
Posted in knitting on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have several knitting blogs bookmarked that I don’t have listed on my blogroll, yet. I keep putting it off. But I added a blog today that deserves special note.
TECHknitting isn’t an ordinary knitting blog, where you can read about the author’s latest projects and yarn purchases. TECHknitting is a wealth of [...]
Posted in knitting, socks on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, yesterday I spent the whole day watching episode after episode of “Scrubs” off the internet and knitting. I knit on my new socks. The Addi size 1’s (2.5 mm) are working great. When I took the needles out of my Jaywalkers, I realized that this yarn I’m using now (Paton’s Kroy) [...]
Posted in knitting, socks on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
OK, I don’t get it. I had to rip the new sock back…yet again. It was looking really stupid, even with the rectangular garter stitch toe. The stitches were so tight, and I was using a size 1, which is the normal size I use for sock yarn. The sock yarn [...]
