Ok I was being incredibly optimistic when I thought of doing a weekly review and a weekly heresy so…now they’ll be here when I’m inspired and when I need to test a new technique. However this week I do have something for you. I made some blocking boards this week and wrote up a tutorial in case anyone wanted to make their own.
I pinned out a piece of the zipper cardi on it and I have to say they block like a *dream* So my wips…well I am past the heel of the sock and I finished the two fronts for the zip cardi and I made it to the waffle stitch on thermal. Things at chez zyllah have been sort of sucking and when I get stressed I read. Since last week I’ve read HP 7 twice and two Phillipa Gregory novels. I also finished off an audio book. Anyway needless to say that has taken up knitting time:) But now that I’m on the waffle stitch I get to use the fantastico row counter Sarkasmo made for me.
So not all of this was bought recently but I finally got a chance to show it off. I got this jitterbug from fleabay for a fairly good price, I will admit the copper beach is sort of meh to me but they’ll be gift socks I guess.
Jitterbug Copperbeach
Omg I love this yarn. I am not sure what to do with it but it just makes my heart happy.
This is some Malabrigo lace weight I traded some unused needles for.
Finally we have the wollmeise I snagged at the last loopy sneak up.
This is Granatapfel.
This is Wilder Mohn.
The base yarn for this feels really unique. Sort of cottony. It’s dense but not as dense as str. (I sound like a wine snob) Also the yardage is fantastic. I should easily be able to get two pairs out of each skein.
This is something I dyed a few weeks ago.
Colorway: Peacock
Yardage: 550 Yards
Base Yarn: Henry’s Attic Kona Superwash Fingering that I got here.
Techniques: just basic hand painting.
Notes: I am not 100% pleased with this. However it isn’t awful, its just not quite what I had envisioned:)
Oh! So you were the one that stole the Granatapfel out of my cart!
Thermal’s looking good. And that stitch counter/marker looks fantastic! (Although I cannot tell how those things work. It’s a good old Kacha Kacha thing for me.)
I’ve got yarn for thermal in my stash. It’s #2 in my line up after I finish this neverending scarf.
Re: camera. I purchased a Nikon d40x and I use a 50mm lens at 1.8 aperture almost exclusively so I can get the sexful blurring.
Mm, that green really does brighten a mood, doesn’t it? It’s smooth, and it’s got the colors you might find in a photo of a jalapeno. Alex: the row counter is insanely simple – it has 4 rings, and you just switch to ring 1, 2, 3, or 4 (whichever is next) when you get to it in the round. The top ring is #1, and the other end doesn’t have a ring, so you can always tell which one you’re on. Once you finish with round 4, you hang ring 1 back on the needle and start over (don’t work back up the rings). From the photo, I can tell that Zyllah’s on round 4.