Where does it go?
Monday, April 13, 2009
Time, that is. Two weeks of my life have shot past without me getting round to posting anything. Not even a picture...
I've been busy (how I ever found time to work before I retired beats me) but some of what I've been doing is unbloggable as yet. My Obsession of the Moment is this book
and the more I look at the designs, the more I want to knit each and every one of them. I've started with the Triinu Scarf, adding beads instead of working the nupps.
The yarn is a skein of Schaefer Anne which came from the swap stall at last year's Knitting Safari; the size 6 beads are iridescent topaz and pick up the yarn colours nicely. I've dyed up two lots of laceweight for another of the designs - can't decide which of the colourways I like best. Yesterday I cast on a couple of plain vanilla socks to keep my fingers busy while I think about it.
These are 75% BFL/25% nylon; the pale-but-interesting dip-dyed colourway is called Tourmaline.
Dip-dyed bog-standard 75% wool/25% nylon sock yarn, colourway Steel City Shades.
I had wondered where you had got to......
Posted by: Julie | Monday, April 13, 2009 at 03:00 PM
Gorgeous yarns! The beads look really good instead of nupps (don't blame you for that!!)
Posted by: Heather Cawte | Monday, April 13, 2009 at 04:15 PM
As time appears to fly right past you I thought I'd share this with you: my auntie in Germany (93 ) was so pleased to hear from me today when I told her about a "friend in England" who is having a go with Estonian lace patterns and that these patterns are still admired by people enough to have a go at them - auntie lived in Estonia in her youth and had made many wonderful lace shawls and curtains. So you see - even though your 2 weeks appeared to slip by without leaving a real mark - as it turns out they did after all!
Posted by: Laura | Monday, April 13, 2009 at 05:16 PM
That is so pretty. I like the idea of beads instead of nups.
Posted by: peri | Monday, April 13, 2009 at 06:09 PM
ha - it's a dangerous book isn't it! I'm going to do Miralda next - or maybe one of the others... so hard to decide :)
Posted by: Kate | Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 10:19 AM
I was getting concerned about you...I asked Brigid yesterday about you! Now I know it is just your 'magnificent obsession' (old film for the youngsters reading this). Retirement is great, isn't it?
Posted by: Jill | Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 08:54 AM
That's one of my favourite films, Jill, and I totally agree with you about retirement!
Posted by: Wibbo | Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at 12:10 PM