I’m saving my spinning to blog about tomorrow, so here’s some other stuff. I’m running out of yarn for my scarf so last night I started the second border. I think I can block this out to be the right length, so I’m not worried about it being too short. This yarn is so hard to get a picture of, it’s a dark blue, almost black, and I just can’t get any detail to show up. I’m going to order a set of blocking wires soon (I keep saying this but I never order them, can anyone recommend a set?) and then I’ll get to block Irtfa’a, finally. Anyway, little digression, this scarf is zooming right along and I’ve really liked knitting it. The body of the scarf was easy to follow, the repeats were short and went really fast, but now I’m on the second border (you can see my cast on on the right side of the picture) so things will be slowing down a bit again. The border has open work on both sides, the repeats are sixteen rows, and there are two different patterns to work at the same time so I have to really pay attention to what I’m doing.
I really need something easy to work on at the computer but I don’t have anything I can start. I thought about making a vest but I can’t decide on a pattern, I thought about starting some socks but I’m not really in the mood, it’s that funk I talked about yesterday, I just can’t make up my mind on anything.
One thing that has been holding my attention is braiding. I can whip up one of these little braids in five or ten minutes so they’re the perfect project when I want something quick and easy. The top braid is a basic five strand braid, the bottom is a four strand flat braid, they’re both made out of nylon cord. I really like braiding with the nylon, it’s smooth and regular and if I don’t like what I make, it’s easy to unbraid and redo. I wasn’t happy with the green and yellow braid and I’ve already unpicked it an I’ll try something else later. I have no idea what I’ll ever do with all these little braids I keep making but I really like doing them.
That’s all I have today, tomorrow: handspun!
