Wool Socks
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The Wool Packs, Kinder Scout, Peak District, UK
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By the time I made it up top, the light was harsh with blue skies. But some hill fog blew in and helped the scene. Swine's Back just poking above the fog on thge horizon.
Talking to a friend, he told me that he considers knitting to be rather demanding and skillful. After all, being able to create something from scratch is the most compelling, appealing, relaxing and exhilarating thing I can think of. So, let the knitting begin!
The Wool House, Southampton, was built in the 14th century for the storage of wool before export to the continent in the galleys and carracks of Venice and Genoa. The wool trade was the basis of Southampton's prosperity in the middle ages. During the Napoleonic wars The Wool House was used to accommodate French prisoners of war, some of whose names may be seen carved on the beams of the roof. The building was restored by the city corporation and opened as a Maritime Museum in June 1966.
It now houses The Dancing Man Brewery.
Weekly Alphabet Challenge 'ancient ' theme. 27/52
On the left in the photo is The Bugle, originally built for the Royal Southern Yacht Club, built in 1846 by T.S. Hack. Pevsner and Lloyd called it "The Finest piece of early Victorian architecture in the city". Built in stuccoed Italianate Classical style with Tuscan colonnades.
It was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1939, then after the war had ended, the building was taken over by Southampton University’s Air Squadron, which they used as offices until 2013. Sadly dilapidated it underwent renovation and opened as an exclusive use venue in 2022.
I visited my favorite yarn shop today. I'm always inspired by the colors and textures. Many of the yarns are hand dyed by the proprietress.
ODC2 Containers
Yesterday my mother, who taught me to knit when I was 7, bequeathed me the last of her wool collection.
ODT Pastime - Knitting, of course, and aiming to get this up to 4000 views!!
This yarn is part of a series of new experiments I'm performing with color in spinning. This yarn was spun from merino roving that was handpainted in a series of colors that never repeat. I split the roving down the center and spun two nearly identical skeins - they both will self-stripe in the same color sequence, with no repeats. Perfect if you want to make a pair of something - like fingerless gloves/armwarmers or legwarmers - or if you want to make one large piece, like a scarf, you can knit/crochet in different ways to produce different color effects. You could alternate one row from each skein, or you could knit from one end of the first skein and then the opposite end of the second skein, for a mirror effect.
The colors in this yarn are (in the order they occur): pale blue, teal/green, yellow, peach, purple, pink, brown, and mustard/olive.
(I'm so lazy. I cut & pasted this from my etsy shop description. Which is why it sounds like I'm trying to sell it!)
Spun from scraps of my handdyed Spicery Shetland, Faded Merino, Ripe Olive Merino/mohair, and Churned Up Falklands.
Aran weight, 470 yards/10 oz.
This is group #1 of the effort to reduce my hand-dyed spinning fiber stash.
This was spun fast and loose while watching movies, including Twilight, which entertained me to no end.
I've been knitting up my stash of leftover or single skein wooly wools into 9" squares for a blanket for my living room couch.
I'm about half way through, and am getting near the end of my yarn. I have another square's worth of orange, 2 or 3 more brown squares, and 4 or 5 squares worth of natural yarn that I'll probably dye before using.
So far, this pile includes:
Peace Fleece
Barlett Yarn
Harrisville Highland
Zeilinger's
Sweet Grass Wool 2-ply (targhee)
Mystery tweed
Does anyone have any wooly wool leftovers that they wouldn't mind sharing? 25-35 grams makes a square, depending on weight. (Harrisville only took 25 grams, heaviest aran weight Z-wool was 35 grams).
All of our natural dye experiments so far.
From left to right: Eucalyptus Batch 1 and 2, Onion Batch 1, Virginia Creeper, and Onion Batch 2.
Fan Bookmark by crochetroo (rav link)
The yarn is handspun wool/mohair purchased at Rhinebeck 2007 (?)