Work on needles
Socks for Chris in autumnal colours
Unexpected knitting in greens
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Secret knittery
Maybe, just maybe.
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September 30th
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Cream and gold stripes
I've finished the back - mainly during the Ryder cup last weekend. One of the fronts is started and I'm going to hack away at that this weekend. I'm collecting lizard images to embroider later. Found a very lovely lizard on the label of a Kumala Pinotage-Shiraz. The wine was OK (well, we drank it happily!) but the lizard is book.
The border is a very wide rib, 6x6, and I cast on several -8- more stitches than for the body. I don't want it to pull in. I may have to block (eeeek!) as it is still threatening to pull in. On the front I have cast on even more stitches for the border (divided by two) than for the back, in the hope that it will hang at least straight, and even slightly flared. May have to take down the back border right at the end and redo with even more stitches. We'll see. The issue is slightly confused because of the sides rolling in... maybe I should undo the border, increase the number of stitches and work a 1x1 rib for the lateral (outer) two sections.
My heart is still singing. Not used to this, but enjoying it. D is returning from a week in France today; seemed a long week.
September 24th
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I've never played golf...
... but I'm captivated by the Ryder Cup again. Sooo exciting! Have been sitting on the sofa and knitting away on a second Asymmetrical Stripes, except this one is not asymmetrical. Creams and the odd gold here and there, still close stripes. Probably much the same shape. Am just finishing the back. It's going so quickly! Chris has asked about his socks, but they are languishing.
Yarn substitutions
I've been asked quite frequently whether I know of which yarns to substitute for various (usually expensive) yarns
specified in patterns. I never do, because yarn choice is such a personal matter, but I do have a way of working out for myself how to substitute yarns if I don't like or can't get hold of the yarn for which the pattern was written. This from an email I wrote to a recent enquirer:
"I don’t know the yarn you need to substitute, but what you do to find alternative yarn is to first see what the tension is for the yarn specified. You need stitches and rows per 10cm or 4 inches (that’s the same). Then you look for a yarn that gives you the same tension, at least the same tension in stitches, even if the rows are out by one, and even if it uses different sized needles. When you have a selection of yarns that give you the same tension, you choose the yarn with the closest ‘feel’ to the one you are substituting. Cashmerino, for example, will be soft, so don’t choose crisp, as the drape will then be totally different".
Does anyone else substitute using different criteria? - I mean without rewriting the pattern, which obviously happens from time to time :)
September 18th
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I'm back!
Training was fantastic, I'm going to blog about it in the near future. Then I taught my own Myofascial Release Foundation Course which also went extremely well, so I'm a happy and relieved bunny. But mainly, I did some knitting!!!
Asymmetric Reds jacket is finished
And here are the picis. It's been so much fun to do, especially because I never knew quite how it was going to turn out, although I had a good idea of where I was going with it. The colour changes were plenty to keep me from 'slog' boredom. What do you think?
It looks different in different lights, as the stripes are so close and some of the yarns glow
 
I finished it with a strange kind of hair fastening
Sleeves and edgings were different on each side
 
And many moons ago, several years ago, in fact, I knitted a scarf from the same yarn stash, so they work well together
I'm so much happier in myself, just lately, and the knitting of the Asymmetrical Reds has been a wonderful accompaniment to this. It's been a long time since my heart has sung.
September 1st
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Asymmetrical Reds update
The fronts are finished and I'm going to start the sleeves today. The tail is Phoebe's.
Phoebe has been lounging on the windowsill taking advantage of my current "on display" yarnstash, i.e. the stuff I am designing with in my head just now. See her resting against the handle of the basket? It all crashes down regularly, cat entwined. Her right paw is searching for the cashmere.
Technicals and picis
I've worked through all of the finished pages and now the finished projects 2002, 2003 and 2004 as well as 2005 and 2006 are sporting picis. I can't believe I've been blogging since June 9th 2002!!!
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