Posted by mobarger on Jun-11-2011
Have you heard about Camp Loopy? (Unfortunately the cutoff date for ordering yarn ended yesterday.)
My yarn arrived yesterday. It is String Theory Caper, a blend of merino, cashmere and nylon. The colors are Cobalt (Dark blue) and Carina, a subtly variegated greige. It’s not quite what I expected but it will work!
I will be making the Catkin Shawl. It’s a little hard to post the picture here but go to Ravelry and you can see it done up in a few color schemes. Can’t start until the 15th!
Posted by mobarger on May-10-2011
I am slipping. I am not finding interest in knitting right now which is unusual.
But I have managed to push out a pair of socks. In the skein (and I wish I took a picture of it) the colors weren’t my cup of tea. But all knit up I think they look pretty good don’t you?
These are some funky cables aren’t they? I ended up breaking a cable needle in the process so I used an extra sock needle for the rest of the cables. I can never do cables without needles.
The funky cables are repeated from the heel down to the toe.
Pattern: Slip Jig Socks
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock “Wild Irish Girlie”
Posted by mobarger on Apr-17-2011
There is a thread on Ravelry entitled “Your Ugliest FO.” It is 212 pages long. I think I have some serious contenders here, what do you think?
The runner up: These are Fiber Trends Felted clogs. The bottom, Cascade 220, felted very well. The top not so much. I believe it is a Harrisville Wool I am not sure. I had such high hopes for these. I will try the pattern again, it is a very quick knit and they look so cozy when other people make them. For now I will let these mock me.
And our winner: mittens. These were made from a lovely single ply romney skein from.. oh shoot I can’t remember. I got it at Rhinebeck and in the skein it was so beautiful. A single ply wook, I thought it would felt if I looked at it too long. But alas, I washed and washed and washed and even put them in the dryer to no avail. These babies weren’t shrinking.
Not a bit of felting, see that?
So if you know anyone with 9″ hands who likes pastels, I have just the pair of mittens for them! Let me know!
