runs a finger through the dust on the blog heading
Sorry about that!
fetches a feather duster and twirls it in the corners… sneezes!
Since we last spoke there’s been the Tour de France (and the much more interesting Tour de Fleece), I’ve attended two spinning workshops and been spinning, knitting, weaving, attempting to prevent the garden turning into a very wild place, running a code club and generally trying to keep up with two young children…
watches as some fluff bunnies bounce, like tumbleweed, across the bottom of the blog
I hope to catch up on some of that in future blog posts, in the meantime I’d like to show you what I’m currently working on.
It’s my first lace shawl, and I’m knitting it with my own handspun yarn. Now, I have to admit that I couldn’t remember what fibre this was, but looking back at my blog, it appears to be some Blue Faced Leicester I dyed and spun on my Ashford wheel. I’d been knitting for a few days when I realised that I’d Navaho plied it (I was wondering why the colours had remained separate)!
The pattern is True Romance Shawl by Juju Vail which was in Mollie Makes a few months ago.
I’ve really enjoyed knitting it so far. I got a huge buzz of satisfaction from fixing a mistake, two rows after I made it, without needing to tink back. I’d skipped a yarn-over then added one at random a few stitches later. I’d also made the yarn-over on the wrong side of my marker for the centre stitch (which added to the confusion and may have contributed to the mistake in the first place). Anyway, with the aid of a crochet hook I created a new yarn-over and dropped the extra one, and after a couple of rows the mistake was invisible! The lace is lovely and simple to work, but defies the placing of markers to make counting easier.
jumps as a HUGE spider runs across the blog
Wow, that really was a big spider! Did you see it? I should probably go and get a glass and some cardboard and pop it outside, but I think I’ll leave it as a guard spider to scare the hackers who are constantly trying to discover my password. Good luck to them I say! Most of the time I can’t remember it myself!
Anyway, Harriette my assistant is delighted I’m writing this blog post and is encouraging me to finish the shawl quickly so she can model it before it gets too cold and wet for a photoshoot in the garden!
So, TTFN until next time (and I promise I’ll try and come back much sooner).
I think its lovely. I’d like to know more about your sleigh loom too.
Hi Sandra, thank you! I’m afraid I’ve not got much further with weaving on the inkle loom – though I’m hoping to revisit it in the near future and explore weaving patterns on it. Is there anything you would particularly like to know about the loom?