Posted in Knitting, Project Spectrum, Spinning, Springtime Shawl on Aug 31st, 2007
Can you believe August is already over? It’s almost autumn, my favorite time of year. I can’t wait for the leaves to start changing color.
So, this yarn is my ode to August, or at least the August/September Project Spectrum colors, I’m calling it August. This is for me, me, me. The spinning actually isn’t up [...]
Posted in Dyeing, Project Spectrum, Spinning on Aug 29th, 2007
Here’s all the roving I dyed yesterday, this is what was in the dye pot picture. They are all superwash wool and will be spun into sock yarn.
The roving on the top I dyed for Project Spectrum in this month’s triad of orange, brown and purple. I wasn’t sure how it turn out, how [...]
At night, when I haven’t been able to sleep, I’ve been knitting on the sweater/vest (let’s just call it a sweater, it’s so much easier). This is the back, you can see that I’ve done the arm hole shaping and I’m working up to the shoulders. The seed stitch ribbing will sit under [...]
Posted in Knitting, Mystery Stole 3 on Aug 27th, 2007
Details:
Pattern: Mystery Stole 3 by Pink Lemon Twist
Yarn: Almost 3 skeins of KnitPicks Shadow in Oregon Coast Heather
Needles: US 3/ 3.25mm Addi Turbos
Mods: None
I have a lot more pictures in my Flickr set
The stole is now officially done, blocked and flopped over the back of my computer chair. I’ve been [...]
Today we have new yarn! This is some very pretty green, yellow, brown (just tiny bits that you can’t really see), and white yarn that I’ve been spinning for a couple weeks. I’ll admit that this roving gave me serious headaches. I kept pulling it apart when I was trying to draft [...]
