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Merino cross, silk, silk noil. 2.4 oz, 72 yds super bulky. Thick and thin singles plied and coiled with merino/silk commercial laceweight.
Christmas gift for my future mother in law. Knit with Knit Picks Wool of the Andes. I'm working on the matching mittens now.
I am planning to use these two hanks of laceweight vintage wool yarn in two shades of red for a Shallowtail Shawl (Interweave Knits, Fall 2006). It is a pattern I have been dreaming about and I hope it will work out as I plan.
Kool-Aid dyed LB Fisherman's Wool, 200 yards. I have had this for so freaking long, I don't know if I'll ever get around to using it.
66 yds of fluffy 2-ply BFL, the result of learning long draw at A Verb For Keeping Warm last weekend. Love.
This is my entry for the Spring 2011 Competition - the attached 'photos tell the story.
For the knitting project, I wanted to choose a pattern which would keep the light, airy feel of the 'photo, allow the 'Hanami' yarn to show itself off, mixing all the colours from the 'photo in a random way, while still allowing the softness of the Romney/Angora to blossom freely and enhance the overall effect. Having rejected many pretty ideas (and a few deliberately wacky ones from my sceptical family) as not being quite right for the yarn, I finally came across a scarf/wrap design by Cat Bordhi, which I adapted for this entry. It allowed me to experiment with the lovely Knit-Pro wooden circular needles, recommended (quite rightly) for use with Angora and similar fluffy wools and use a needle-wrapping technique I'd not been bold enough to try before. Apart from the somewhat worrying sensation as the wraps fell off the left hand needle, which amused my disabled daughter, but which I never quite got used to, I enjoyed making it tremendously. The entry 'photos were taken by my son.
I have learnt so much from entering this competition - thank you for giving me the motivation to develop my skills!