…my life in the country
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2005
Here I am dying away. One of us found a web site showing knitted swatches being dyed and then frogged and reknit. Light bulbs flashing all over! lol This is two lengths that I wanted to make into a pair of socks, but as Rosy pointed out, at the width I made my color changes, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2005
Here’s a close up of my dying project. I got a little whimsical but I think it’s going to be fun to reknit! I’m already buzzing with ideas! I have a bit of what I think is either angora or alpaca that is shaded purple to red that I am knitting into a scarf to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2005
Here’s my sock after going though the washer twice and the dryer once. It’s still just a tad big, but that give it room to be washed again! I’m starting the second one now. The next pair will have some cuff, 10 or so rows of garter stitch probably. These are really more like slippers [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2005
Well, I had to put the woven project on hold. I needed 8 squares and ran out of yarn at 7 1/2 so I’m going to have to find a different use for these squares and wait for my new fleece to arrive, which should be any minuute now! Meantime, I spun a a long [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2005
Well, it isn’t a finished project yet but it’s on it’s way. I carded up two more batts today and pulled the roving so we are truckin’ along! What do you think? Did they come out pretty close? Can I do two more in the same ‘ball park’? I also carded up some of the [...]