I am still battling the big blue blob. I've knit about halfway through the second sleeve, so it won't be ready for Christmas, but it should be done not long after. I have packed another present in the box and will send the sweater by and by.
In the meantime, you get another finished object post! How lucky are you.
The Common Reader will remember that I bought a new-to-me spinning wheel. A few weeks later, the lady I purchased it from, Nena, called me up and asked if I would like some fiber she'd found while cleaning. Would I ever!
Among this fiber was some angora/alpaca roving that she'd purchased at Estes in 1996 (!!). It was perfectly lovely. I had promised Malia, one of our wedding attendants, that I would knit her anything she liked--within reason--and she requested mittens. When I saw the alpaca/angora, the wheels in my head and my living room* began turning immediately.
The roving became this:
which in turn became these:
Aren't they pretty? I could not resist putting them on myself.
And they got to Malia just in time for the snow to start where she lives. A success all around.
*Zeugma!
In the meantime, you get another finished object post! How lucky are you.
The Common Reader will remember that I bought a new-to-me spinning wheel. A few weeks later, the lady I purchased it from, Nena, called me up and asked if I would like some fiber she'd found while cleaning. Would I ever!
Among this fiber was some angora/alpaca roving that she'd purchased at Estes in 1996 (!!). It was perfectly lovely. I had promised Malia, one of our wedding attendants, that I would knit her anything she liked--within reason--and she requested mittens. When I saw the alpaca/angora, the wheels in my head and my living room* began turning immediately.
The roving became this:
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| About 120 yards of bulky-weight yarn |
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| Some pretty fucking fabulous mittens |
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| I also knit a matching earwarmer |
*Zeugma!
1 comment:
They're beautiful and so is their model!
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