tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280729892024-03-07T20:24:46.218+00:00Crafty CocktailEmily's the knitter, Clare's the spinner, and we both like cocktails!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-82625912072720324892017-10-02T13:42:00.002+01:002017-10-02T13:42:21.945+01:00New <a href="https://diepdin.squarespace.com/craftycocktail">location</a> for this blog!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-85242097762242242662017-02-16T15:53:00.001+00:002017-02-16T15:53:24.656+00:00A post from NorwayThis is going to be just writing as I can't seem to add pics from my iPad today.<br />
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This finds me sitting in a bar in Norway surrounded by my lovely C, Mum, and my bro his wife and two kids, fire blazing, people milling around because unusually its warm and the snow is melting! We've had a lovely time the last few days skiing, and have loved the views and the place we're staying.<br />
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Mum is knitting a scarf with the pattern from Aberlady (from the Alice Starmore book) out of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/triskelion-lleu-3-ply">Triskelion</a> Lleu in Aqua; everyone is together and pottering, and I am reading the <a href="https://blog.tincanknits.com/2017/02/02/year-of-making/">TinCanKnits</a> blog on A Year Of Making by Emily Wessell. Makes me want to do that!<br />
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So - in this my 50th birthday year I shall try to record making something every day!<br />
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Today - relationship with my nepheew, and a little bit of sock knitting!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-80601944822914560612016-04-13T23:13:00.000+01:002016-04-13T23:30:55.330+01:00Triskelion British Yarn club - 1st delivery!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So arrival of mystery package - I realise it says <a href="http://www.triskelion-yarn.com/">Triskelion</a> on it - hurray! It must be the first yarn from the club. I tear the package open to find - a yarn named Afron Hafren (or the River Severn). A meaningful name for me - grew up in Bristol (near the Severn estuary) and holidays in Powys all my life near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plynlimon">Pumlumon</a> (Plynlimon in English) where the Severn has it's source. </div>
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As you see it's a beautiful gleaming tonally dyed green/blue, 235m in 100g British Wensleydale. Probably a bit greener than this suggests, it's hand is drapey but with some tooth. Can't wait to knit with it!</div>
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Eleanor's <a href="https://youtu.be/RXInPaF-p9M">Vlog</a>!!!<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-9943658770594696762016-04-02T17:33:00.001+01:002016-04-02T17:33:56.311+01:005 years later...<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">...and I've decided to get back on here. We'll see how it goes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think it was 2011 when I last posted, so I have lived a fair bit since then, also knitted quite a lot, worked more than I intended and now started a little desultory sewing (thanks to Liz). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think it would help me to post a bit about my general making of stuff - perhaps there might be more finishing? I don't in fact ever feel guilty about having lots of things on the go at any time, or things around for years - this is something i do for fun, not work. However, sometime is don't finish things I'd like to be wearing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd like somewhere to talk about things I see and love too - and I shall start there, having just come back from a wonderful holiday in Norway, where I was particularly smitten by the Rådhus in Oslo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-61166106177875223252011-07-29T12:57:00.002+01:002011-07-29T13:12:24.281+01:00Batts and FibreSo last weekend we had a family outing to Fibre East - Shelley, Emily and me went early and did a Batt course with Jill, then Sue, Pat, Nanny, her friend and Alice all joined us to wander around, watch sheep being sheared and buy stuff!<br />The batt workshop was great, getting ideas about colour, blending fibres, making batts on a theme and accidentally putting a deposit on a drum carder!?<br />Then we wandered around and bought lots of fibre, most of it for me to spin for Emily, but some from picperfic for me to spin for me!<br />Here are some pictures of the batts and the finished sample skeins - I guess my first art yarn!<br />Bad Day on the Motorway (complete with cars!)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5986959995/" title="bad day on the motorway 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/5986959995_f055abb34f_m.jpg" alt="bad day on the motorway 2" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5986960457/" title="bad day on the motorway by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/5986960457_6245060838_m.jpg" alt="bad day on the motorway" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5987521338/" title="bad day on the motorway 4 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/5987521338_b0ff67698a_m.jpg" alt="bad day on the motorway 4" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5986961789/" title="bad day on the motorway 3 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5986961789_60a015ebeb_m.jpg" alt="bad day on the motorway 3" width="240" height="180" /></a><br />Walk in the woods - think winter time<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5986959097/" title="walk in the woods 5 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/5986959097_1402c04f5d_m.jpg" alt="walk in the woods 5" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5986959599/" title="walk in the woods progress by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5986959599_af64dc15c6_m.jpg" alt="walk in the woods progress" width="180" height="240" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5987523084/" title="walk in the woods 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5987523084_2348389eb7_m.jpg" alt="walk in the woods 2" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5986962133/" title="walk in the woods 4 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6138/5986962133_1fe7f9d81d_m.jpg" alt="walk in the woods 4" width="240" height="180" /></a><br />Then some lovely dyed fibre from Picperic - whose stuff I used for GTs shawl during the spintelligence course;<br />Twinkle - 70% superwash merino and 30% trilobal nylon - for Emily, two skeins<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5987524868/" title="twinkle picperfic 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5987524868_0ca191cb4b_m.jpg" alt="twinkle picperfic 2" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5987525464/" title="twinkle picperfic by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/5987525464_f0b59a3bf2_m.jpg" alt="twinkle picperfic" width="240" height="180" /></a><br />Susie - 75% organic merino, 25% mulberry silk - 3 skeins, probably for me<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5986966043/" title="susie picperfic by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5986966043_6b558a94d2.jpg" alt="susie picperfic" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />I will do another post soon to show all the natural, undyed stuff we also bought, including some fleece that needs washing and scouring - looks like I am getting a stash fit for a busy winter!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-64315127490534858202011-07-20T17:52:00.002+01:002011-07-20T17:52:27.150+01:00Wouldn't it be marvelous - if R Murdoch'd never been born?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n1aZcsY-O8Q" width="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-61230211137849362732011-06-17T09:15:00.003+01:002011-09-03T17:56:33.277+01:00Spinning updateSo its been ages since I posted last and I have been spinning lots, but just keep forgetting to keep things updated - so here is a quick whistle stop tour of what I have been doing recently.
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<br />On herbie;
<br />"Evening Lights" world of wool merino and silk blend bumble bee, and charcoal merino.
<br />513 metres, 215 grams, 16 wpi, (largest on small whorl)
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841260783/" title="green & blacks by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3570/5841260783_f9691d9f7f_m.jpg" alt="green & blacks" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841807598/" title="green & blacks 3 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/5841807598_a7a1e44893_m.jpg" alt="green & blacks 3" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841808024/" title="green & blacks 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/5841808024_51341c516e_m.jpg" alt="green & blacks 2" width="240" height="180" /></a>
<br />"Midnight Blue" world of wool merino blend and plain black. 153 metres, 165 grams, 10 wpi, (smallest on large whorl)
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841804350/" title="black & blue by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/5841804350_a8d8615778_m.jpg" alt="black & blue" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841804794/" title="black & blue 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/5841804794_5b674af636_m.jpg" alt="black & blue 2" width="240" height="180" /></a>
<br />"Shetland Greens" 100% shetland from knit studio newcastle, maker sue's crafts for enthusiasts. 171 metres, 100 grams, 14 wpi. (largest on small whorl) fractal spun.
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841151505/" title="shetland green yarn by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/5841151505_71a8e87583_m.jpg" alt="shetland green yarn" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841255489/" title="shetland greens by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/5841255489_a14b850936_m.jpg" alt="shetland greens" width="180" height="240" /></a>
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<br />On spindles;
<br />"charcoal gleams" wool and nylon mix for socks. singles spun on spindle, plied on ashford. 267 metres, 101 grams, 17 wpi
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841255935/" title="nylon and wool 2 ply by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3518/5841255935_cfdf523d33_m.jpg" alt="nylon and wool 2 ply" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841804038/" title="nylon and wool 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5235/5841804038_737dd33fcb_m.jpg" alt="nylon and wool 2" width="240" height="180" /></a>
<br />"Seaside pebbles" Some single colour merino I carded and spindle spun a while ago, 95 grams, 13 wpi
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841257403/" title="carded mix by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/5841257403_c210a93a6a_m.jpg" alt="carded mix" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841257837/" title="carded mix 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/5841257837_71f8dd77fa_m.jpg" alt="carded mix 2" width="240" height="180" /></a>
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<br />Current WIP;
<br />mini trindle, aiming for lace weight 2 ply, 20 grams sample of BFL in gothic colourway from Freyalyn's Fibres.
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841809462/" title="mini trindle by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5841809462_a230a91eae_m.jpg" alt="mini trindle" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841261455/" title="mini trindle 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/5841261455_10751a383c_m.jpg" alt="mini trindle 2" width="180" height="240" /></a>
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<br />Soon to come will be the Tour de Fleece, where I am competing for the spinnotts team, and the aim is to spin everyday of the tour, with challenges on specific days.
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<br />As a leaving picture - here is my current spindle family, including the new steampunk spindle from Knit in Nottingham, made by anglergifts.co.uk and my two trindles from trindleman on etsy - but the mini trindle is not in the family shot!
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841807134/" title="spindle family by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5320/5841807134_d779d32d39_m.jpg" alt="spindle family" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5841259041/" title="spindle family again by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/5841259041_03a4b4b0d1_m.jpg" alt="spindle family again" width="180" height="240" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-20788428378772828322011-06-15T15:32:00.000+01:002011-06-15T15:32:23.070+01:00Spun loveliness blockingSo pleased with this! I've weighed what's left - have 35, so presumably I used 65g in the shawl (but it's wet and blocking, so can't weigh it now).<br />
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Blocking:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5835756783/" title="maia blocking by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="maia blocking" height="441" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3543/5835756783_8eeacab0fa_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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See the lovely texture!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5835754461/" title="maia texture by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="maia texture" height="480" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/5835754461_0a298623a4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5835755207/" title="maia texture detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="maia texture detail" height="180" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2730/5835755207_de4f59caa8_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5836309868/" title="maia lace and texture detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="maia lace and texture detail" height="240" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/5836309868_b68e42f559_m.jpg" width="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5836309070/" title="maia stitch detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="maia stitch detail" height="240" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/5836309070_c67ebd3b6a_m.jpg" width="180" /></a><br />
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See the lace!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5835755939/" title="maia lace detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="maia lace detail" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/5835755939_15d866f58d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5836307630/" title="maia wing by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="maia wing" height="180" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/5836307630_7f2906817f_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5835758145/" title="maia edge detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="maia edge detail" height="240" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2518/5835758145_d67c9427b3_m.jpg" width="180" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5835753691/" title="maia! by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="maia!" height="560" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5835753691_2f755d84d0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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I'm really pleased with it, and think that GT will love it. Enough left for me to make a little cowl for me...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-74427501136379502392011-06-03T18:07:00.000+01:002011-06-03T18:07:39.240+01:00Using the spun lovelinessJust a quicky to show you how the Maia is going - I'm loving the yarn Clare spun!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5793521051/" title="GT's shawl WIP by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="GT's shawl WIP" height="480" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5144/5793521051_aa2c521ee3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Isn't it a great pattern?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-49758291106112428162011-06-01T20:56:00.000+01:002011-06-01T20:56:10.999+01:00A couple of FOs and a new WIPBarb and I agreed to do the knitalong for <a href="http://feministy.com/blog/roxanne-mystery-shawl-kal-clue-4/">Roxanne Mystery Shawl by Feministy</a> and I decided to do it in Fleece artist sea wool, which I'd bought from <a href="http://www.purlescence.co.uk/">Purlescence</a>, in the colour 'earth'. It meant I was a bit short on yardage, but I just felt it would work.<br />
Here's the start: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5632179611/" title="roxanne mystery start-up by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="roxanne mystery start-up" height="75" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5303/5632179611_941945df1c_s.jpg" width="75" /></a><br />
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And here's the finish:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5729188831/" title="roxanne 1 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="roxanne 1" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/5729188831_1f0feb0c5d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5729190017/" title="roxanne 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="roxanne 2" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/5729190017_62edfb9b34.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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The blocking wasn't ideal - did it in this '<a href="http://www.perthlogcabin.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1%3Athe-log-cabin-at-tomphubil&catid=1%3Aabout&Itemid=4">log cabin</a>' in Scotland we stayed in for a week around Clare's <a href="http://www.etapecaledonia.co.uk/">Etape Caledonia</a> bike race (81 miles in highland Perthshire). It was LOVELY! We had a hot tub on the balcony to sit in and toast the race afterwards (and perhaps get just a little - um - tired and emotional). Anyway, so the stripy towel - not so good for the pics!<br />
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We did a lot of driving and I cast on for another shawl - this time <a href="http://rosemarygoround.blogspot.com/2010/12/and-green.html">Taygete</a>, by Romi. I'd thought I might, and so had yarn for it with me - the remains of the red Colinette Jitterbug I had from the millshop and used for Audrey in Unst, and some deep teal in the same. I'm really pleased with it!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5785853547/" title="Taygete falling 1 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="Taygete falling 1" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/5785853547_165206e541.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5785854201/" title="Taygete flat by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="Taygete flat" height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5028/5785854201_c5ca1d3031.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5785855403/" title="Taygete on by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="Taygete on" height="240" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/5785855403_d3b3d92bfa_m.jpg" width="143" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5786408344/" title="Taygete detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="Taygete detail" height="180" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/5786408344_3a69877418_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
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And the WIP - well I only have pics of Clare's element - the spinning. It's yarn from her Spintelligence spinning club. The fibre came from <a href="http://www.picperfic.etsy.com/">Picperfic</a> and is 50% 18.5micron superfine merino, 30% cashmere and 20% silk - so soft! Minniemoll has pics of her fibre and what she spun here for those of you on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Minniemoll/stash/darling">Ravelry</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5786410236/" title="GT yarn 1 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="GT yarn 1" height="180" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2247/5786410236_e3cc7a88bd_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5786409162/" title="GT yarn 3 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="GT yarn 3" height="180" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2101/5786409162_c5fba03717_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5785856445/" title="GT yarn 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="GT yarn 2" height="375" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/5785856445_7caef03006.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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I'm using it for another of Romi's 7 small Shawls - <a href="http://rosemarygoround.blogspot.com/2010/06/7-small-shawls-t-205-days-and-counting.html">Maia</a>. This yarn is much lighter weight, a laceweight single. I think it'll work out really well.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-32569931454803151452011-06-01T20:00:00.000+01:002011-06-01T20:00:30.640+01:00The lovely MissFee!The lovely <a href="http://www.missfee.com/blog/">Miss Fee</a> sent me a present! It arrived while we were in Scotland, and though we've been back a week, our neighbour was then away so I've only just received the package. I knew I was getting a Folca box, because when <a href="http://www.missfee.com/blog/2011/03/what-the-folca-2/">Fee talked about them</a> and I cheekily liked the orange - she said she'd send me one!<br />
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Being Fee - she generously sent me two different purple yarns too! How exciting :-)<br />
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The circle of varied colour yarn is Margaret Stove laceweight, and the other is Welsh Wool, also a laceweight twoply, slightly heavier than the other.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5785849363/" title="Missfee pressies 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="Missfee pressies 2" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2126/5785849363_5e0a1fa291.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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I've filled the little boxes within boxes.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5786403220/" title="Missfee pressies 1 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="Missfee pressies 1" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2579/5786403220_ea306a0432.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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See how neat it is! It opens out, and then folds back in, and safely stores all those lovely little tchotchkes!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5785850907/" title="folca 3 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="folca 3" height="180" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/5785850907_174e59bdfe_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5785851509/" title="folca 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="folca 2" height="180" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3360/5785851509_4ac3c08a48_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5785852257/" title="folca 1 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="folca 1" height="180" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/5785852257_ec11bbd53b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-22427820324049507542011-02-20T11:55:00.003+00:002011-02-20T12:21:38.573+00:00HerbieSo I have accidentally bought a spinning wheel - and given that we are feeling slightly anxious about the last payment on the house the timing seems a little off - but couldn't resist. Herbie is a ladybug bought from <a href="http://www.threshingbarn.com/">The Threshing Barn</a>. I went there on a day of tying wheels - firstly an ashford joy, ashford traveller and kromski fantasia at <a href="http://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk/index.php">Wingham Wool Works</a> - great place for browsing and accidentally buying all sorts of fibre! Then, having not liked the joy which I thought I would, and liking the Kromski but recognising its limitations we went on to the threshing barn where I tried the Schacht ladybug and a louet julia. I really liked both, felt the Julia was a bit easier to spin - but it had been a trial machine for 6 months, unlike the bug which had been out for 2 weeks only! After oiling the bug and trying again I really liked it, and think with the option of double drive as well it will take me a lot further. So I bought it - with money I got from teaching 300 GPs!<br />It seems that wheels, like bikes need names, so I would like to introduce Herbie;<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5438069801/" title="Herbie front by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/5438069801_deeda6ee7e.jpg" alt="Herbie front" width="375" height="500" /></a><br />complete with tensioned Lazy Kate.<br />I have spun a variety of things over the last week - all very beginnerish, which is odd after having cracked things on the spindle - but part of the fun is learning more! Most of the stuff has been rather overspun, but I have managed one successful although somewhat uneven skein;<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5461359708/" title="mint stripes by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/5461359708_aa333e6d2d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="mint stripes" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5461360416/" title="mint stripes close up by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5461360416_4450fecb9b_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="mint stripes close up" /></a><br />after a variety of rather shambolic few skeins!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5460756351/" title="Herbie first attempts by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/5460756351_1a746f10d0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Herbie first attempts" /></a><br /><br />Now might start on some of the fibre I got at Wingham wool works to see if I can be doing something slightly more successful for my fist <a href="http://wsdnotts.co.uk/default.aspx">Guild</a> meeting this saturday - may have to go back to a spindle!?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-50920163716383616532011-02-06T19:46:00.003+00:002011-02-06T19:53:57.218+00:00joining inSo having started to seriously get into spinning, and being involved in a couple of combined projects with Emily, I have been invited to join the blog!<br />This is just to say Hello, and I will see how I manage to be a part of this?!:) <br /><br />To date I have mostly spindle spun on the 7 spindles I have, making a variety of yarns, a lot of which were samples. I have made the samples into 2 scarves, and am now doing Spintelligence challenges via Ravelry, and have started the monthly challenges on the Spindlers forum to get the skills to spin a host of different types of yarns. I have also sucumbed to the thought of a spinning wheel and am going to try out a few different ones at the end of the week, so we'll see what happens - Emily is coming along as moral support, and because there is fibre and yarn for sale too!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-16397114243714294322011-02-05T20:31:00.000+00:002011-02-05T20:31:35.132+00:00Blackberry JewelsClare (she's ShortyC on Rav) has spun me some lovely yarn, which was part of her 4th challenge with Diane Mulholland and her <a href="http://dianemulholland.com/Spintelligence.html">Spintelligence</a> club (see the last post). The challenge was to take 100g of 20% bamboo/80% merino and slightly overspin 2 singles, then slightly overply the yarn, to make a good wearing sock yarn. We counted rounds on the niddy-noddy, and made it 260m, not bad!<br />
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I made Elm Leaves for my godmother, and extrapolated a neckwarmer for Mum. (£.25mm for the former, doesn't show the lace that well, and 4mm for the latter).<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5394922983/" title="challenge yarn knitting by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="challenge yarn knitting" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5394922983_ae24956d1b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5394922415/" title="challenge yarn knitting by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="challenge yarn knitting" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5394922415_33847c7a7b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5394922687/" title="challenge yarn knitting by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="challenge yarn knitting" height="497" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/5394922687_b7ac7baab8.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5395519222/" title="challenge yarn knitting by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="challenge yarn knitting" height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/5395519222_3365f2986a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5394923415/" title="challenge yarn knitting by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="challenge yarn knitting" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/5394923415_5abfa1042e.jpg" width="500" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-71074038344653453422011-01-15T15:26:00.000+00:002011-01-15T15:26:07.854+00:00two new projects (ummmm)So, I've finished my lovely Shur'tugal socks<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5348924777/" title="shur'tugal on by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5281/5348924777_febb522d5c.jpg" width="342" height="500" alt="shur'tugal on" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5348926359/" title="shur'tugal front by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5087/5348926359_2e7111cba0.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="shur'tugal front" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5348925607/" title="shur'tugal heels by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5348925607_d6c6cf6773.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="shur'tugal heels" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.knitabulousyarn.com/">Knitabulous yarn</a>, <a href="http://www.socktopus.co.uk/shop/patterns/">socktopus pattern</a>.<br />
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I really do love these socks, might knit them again.<br />
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Anyway, I followed these by casting on another <a href="http://westknits.blogspot.com/2009/08/daybreak-pattern.html">Daybreak</a> shawl for Clare from the Old Maiden Aunt yarn I bought in Stirling last year - superwash merino in Lon-dubh (blackbird) and jasper.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5356249937/" title="daybreak old maiden aunt WIP by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5356249937_13c69a92fc.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="daybreak old maiden aunt WIP" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5356250393/" title="daybreak old maiden aunt detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/5356250393_e96552864c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="daybreak old maiden aunt detail" /></a><br />
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BUT I am going to knit something else first - new to my stash but not bought by me...<br />
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Clare is part of a brilliant scheme by <a href="http://www.dianemulholland.com/">Diane Mulholland</a>, called <a href="http://www.dianemulholland.com/Spintelligence.html">Spintelligence</a>. Clare gets a parcel of fibre every 2 months with instructions so she's learnt LOTS from Diane 9I think she may carry on for another 6/12 if she can).<br />
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Here's her yarn - it's 20bamboo/80merino fibre from <a href="http://www.artistspaletteyarns.co.uk/">Artist's Palette Yarns</a>. She had to spin it then overply it as a two ply to try to make a strong sock yarn. She played with the colours - one ply is more striping than the other.<br />
Here it is just skeined:<br />
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And here I've balled it. <br />
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I'm going to use it for my godmother's 60th birthday present (end of Jan!) in some cuffs - Anne Hanson's Elm Leaves, I think. Should be gorgeous.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-43320793984352905822011-01-09T15:23:00.000+00:002011-01-09T15:23:23.082+00:00Spacegirl finished!Really finished it a week or so before Xmas, but then needed to lengthen the sleeves and sew in the ends (there were lots!) All done now, and Clare's wearing it lots! It'll pill like a b*gger, I think, but what the heck...<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5338826135/" title="spacegirl front by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5338826135_743a39bbf0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="spacegirl front" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5338827541/" title="spacegirl back by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5338827541_8e4b920a84.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="spacegirl back" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5338829119/" title="spacegirl side by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5207/5338829119_0dd349f70a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="spacegirl side" /></a><br />
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Doesn't she look lovely????Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-10097447012786487802011-01-02T14:54:00.000+00:002011-01-02T14:54:44.584+00:00Shur'tugal for S62011The yarn is Knitabulous Salwar kameez:<br />
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The sock is Socktopus' Shur'tugal (dragonrider). I really like this pattern, though it's bitten me a few times already! Just in sizing - I started off medium on 2.25mm - too small (I did 2 repeats after the ribbing); went up to the large size still 2.25mm - and still a bit small after 4 repeats! Success with 2.5mm in big size. BUt I've dropped to 2.25mm from the start of the heel flap (which I've done longer by 4 pairs of rows). <br />
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As a group club, this is a bit different - there's been voting, with various patterns frontrunners then dropping out, and the final list is:<br />
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Jan/Feb <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shurtugal">Shur’tugal</a> Start 1 January Due 28 February<br />
Mar/April <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nutkin">Nutkin</a> Start 1 March Due 30 April<br />
May/Jun <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leyburn-socks">Leyburns</a> Start 1 May Due 30 June<br />
Jul/Aug <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fox-faces-socks">Fox Faces Socks</a> Start 1 July Due 21 August <i>I'm NOT doing these!</i><br />
Sep/Oct <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nanner-socks">Nanner</a> Start 1 September Due 31 October <i></i><br />
Nov/Dec <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boyfriend-socks">Boyfriend Socks</a> Start 1 November Due 31 December <i>for Clare</i><br />
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<i>I may do <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/slant">Slant</a> instead of Fox Faces, </i><i>if so I'll use my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Emily/stash/merino-chubby-sock">Knittery 'Bloody Mary' yarn</a>, I think. Or I could do <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/skew">Skew</a> with my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/Emily/stash/opal-hundertwasser">Hundertwasser Opal</a> yarn. However,</i><i> I may only do 2 or 3 of the socks over the year anyway, we'll see. </i><br />
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The important thing about this sock club, is to use yarn that you've already got - and I'm trying to use some of my Aussie-related yarns, too. <br />
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Mine are (front to back) <a href="http://knitabulous.blogspot.com/">Knitabulous</a> Salwar Kameez (courtesy of<a href="http://lyns-shadesofgrey.blogspot.com/"> Lyns</a>) for Shur’tagal, Sundara Candied Chrome (given to me by <a href="http://lara.nettle.org/blog/">Lara</a> for Nanner, The Knittery Earth (also an Aussie yarn)for Leyburn, then <a href="http://theyarnyard.co.uk/">Yarn Yard</a> Cairn in ? colourway for nutkin, of course and Koigu Kpppm for the boyfriend socks - for my girlfriend!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5250831363/" title="yarns for s62011 a by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="yarns for s62011 a" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5250831363_87c224bf0e.jpg" width="375" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-36672422278965364452010-11-28T09:54:00.000+00:002010-11-28T09:54:35.113+00:00I've finished the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bellefleur-2">Bellefleur</a> (Mystery hat A KAL from <a href="http://www.woollywormhead.com/bellefleur/">Woolly Wormhead</a>)! Enjoyable knit, I used yarn I bought in Stirling from <a href="http://www.shilasdair-yarns.co.uk/">Shilasdair</a> - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/shilasdair-luxury-4-ply">luxury 4ply</a> (I think). Slightly worried I may be reacting to it, but shall not give in to such bodily weakness.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5210878043/" title="hat by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="hat" height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5210878043_67b134c31a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5211478864/" title="hat close by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="hat close" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5211478864_710b86887a.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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Clare doesn't like it (she doesn't like any beret/slouchy hats though, so fairly meaningless here). I'm pleased with the fit which is a smallish beret. Great colour, loved the cables coming from the ribbing all the way through, and enjoyed learning the 'alternate cable cast-on'.<br />
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I have also finished my sparkly stole, wore it to C's sister's wedding where it went down well. The yarn is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/fleece-artist-sea-wool">Sea Wool</a> by Fleece Artist in Angel Fish - lovely to knit with.<br />
I took advantage of a cold snowy day here to take many many many many pics. Apologies!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5211479346/" title="stole draped by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="stole draped" height="240" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5211479346_b09669f94b_m.jpg" width="180" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5211479888/" title="stole on ladder by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="stole on ladder" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5211479888_ba375b41d7.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5210880671/" title="pattern detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="pattern detail" height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5210880671_f80bf42bd7.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
Here you can see the end of our house - bedroom window and MUCH scaffolding still!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5211481852/" title="scaffold stole by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="scaffold stole" height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/5211481852_78a50105f0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
The danglers here are swarovski crystals and the beads are just clear with silvered insides. The crystals are more sparkly and multicoloured in that sparkle than this shows.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5210879801/" title="danglers by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="danglers" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5210879801_b6211ee182.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5210880127/" title="stole bead detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="stole bead detail" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5210880127_89c695e278.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
This is my innovation - not shown particularly well her. I knitted up the side portion and grafted to the other half of the stole, did the same on the other side, then I knitted across the middle of the stole picking up on either side. <br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5211481452/" title="stole join by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="stole join" height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5211481452_77ef3b4053.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5211499312/" title="scaffold stole close by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="scaffold stole close" height="375" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5211499312_36586cfbfe.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
Anyway, there I am! Now to continue with the robot tank, the space girl sweater, little birds etc etc etc.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-63267489423608005052010-10-20T11:10:00.000+01:002010-10-20T11:10:36.812+01:00Stirling Market* haul* ie Knit Camp, see here: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/uk-knit-camp-rav-day-2010-social-group/1333148/1-25#1<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5099229842/" title="tank top doings by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1056/5099229842_d2f764eea9.jpg" width="500" height="450" alt="tank top doings" /></a><br />
From Di Gilpin, to make ME ME ME a tank top. Gorgeous, complex colour variation.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5098629699/" title="flower garden doings by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1374/5098629699_74c408b3b6.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="flower garden doings" /></a><br />
Also from Di (Barb bought this too). To make her <a href="http://www.digilpin.com/?section=designs&subsection=87">Rose for Winter</a>, which I tried on - was a beautiful part-felted tunic. Lovely shape, on, and a good outdoor hairy jumper!<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5099218236/" title="artists palette linen lace by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5099218236_238b3de909.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="artists palette linen lace" /></a><br />
For a daybreak for Clare <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5098617387/" title="old maiden aunt superwash sock by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5098617387_3d8ab58de9.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="old maiden aunt superwash sock" /></a><br />
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For an Irtfa'a for me<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5099217318/" title="yarnyard crannog by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1177/5099217318_6b74b2411e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="yarnyard crannog" /></a><br />
And sock, sock sock yarn!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5098617681/" title="artists palette popsox by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1382/5098617681_ba779aef7a_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="artists palette popsox" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5099217028/" title="yarnyard sock by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1089/5099217028_ab785d3fe1_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="yarnyard sock" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5098616517/" title="yarn yard bonny by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1314/5098616517_bdcc2bff7d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="yarn yard bonny" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-83923191314516793072010-10-20T09:34:00.001+01:002010-10-20T09:35:19.337+01:00October UpdateSo some of <a href="http://missyfee.blogspot.com/">my</a> <a href="http://pompoms.wordpress.com/">friends</a> are doing a daily blogpost in October. I thought I'd do one at least!<br />
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I still need to take pics of the Embarrassing KC Haul (TM, and KC rather than the longer version as recognition of the sadness around what was for me a fabulous week).<br />
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BUT - I have been knitting!<br />
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While at KC I mainly knitted on a <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring08/PATTsalto.html">Salto sock</a>, in lovely splotchy Koigu KPPPM. Sadly it a) didn't show the pattern well, and b) was too tight to comfortably go over my heel, so I've frogged it.<br />
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The other thing I knitted on while there was <a href="http://www.indigirl.com/blog/2010/06/designing-cloud-chaser/">Cloud Chaser by Indigirl Amy</a> , using some Grace hand-dyed by Louisa Harding. You can see here I've done the back, and just started on the R side. It has long drapy sides and then a collar added on last. I'm alternating skeins - you cna see how stripy that's made it!<br />
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My niece and nephew have early autumn birthdays - and we had them to stay the first weekend we were in the <a href="http://greencoachhouse.blogspot.com/">new house</a>. Their main birthday present was a trip to Stomp, but I knitted Alice a double-knit cowl with moon and stars, in a blue and a yellow from Posh YArns many years ago that she chose last December. She loved it, and wore it constantly, but I took no pics! Will try to remember to. Ben is VERY into knights, swords etc. I've knit him a helmet - it's <a href="http://www.anniemodesitt.com/patterns/index.html#blpr222">Black Prince by Annie Modesitt</a>, a very well-written pattern. <br />
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5098477137/<br />
I'm moving on well with <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/space-girl">Heidi Kirrmaier's Space Girl</a> for Clare. Thanks to <a href="http://reecieknits.blogspot.com/">Reecie</a> for bringing me an extra two balls of the black yarn from Sydney!<br />
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Naturally, I couldn't just stick to what I was already knitting. I saw <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/norovirus">Norovirus</a> on Rav and loved the name. I happened to have 2 balls of silk garden sock in a colour I thought would work well for Clare. BUT I decided that this pattern wasn't right for her, and the shape was too loose - so I drew some robots with her help and charted them, did a swatch (!!!!!) and started with corrugated rib. Here you go!<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5099077076/" title="robot tank-top by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5099077076_91e9ce2786.jpg" width="500" height="349" alt="robot tank-top" /></a><br />
I'm hoping the robots WILL be visible, and will amuse some of C's patients!<br />
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And I decided to knit myself a stole to wear to C's sister's wedding in a month. I decided in July, and checked through all my laceweights and sock weights. Found this lovely Sea Wool in Angelfish, bought in a <a href="http://www.purlescence.co.uk/">Purlescence</a> sale as part of a sea baby kit. Anyway, PERFECT colours. But not enough - so I ordered 2 more skeins, one came straight away but was much lighter and brighter - I tried alternating skeins, but it wasn't ideal. I'm still waiting for the other skein - should be any day now... The pattern is <a href="http://www.p-hop.co.uk/index.php/patterns/scarves-and-shawls/iris/">Iris via P/HOP</a> and I'm using swarovski mega-sparkly danglers for the ends and some plain glass seed beads for the meat of the stole (but only about 1/20th as many as the designer specifies!)<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5099076420/" title="wedding stole by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/5099076420_0a8e19bcb3.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="wedding stole" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5098476489/" title="wedding stole detail by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1144/5098476489_6f5cd63043.jpg" width="500" height="472" alt="wedding stole detail" /></a><br />
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I'm starting to get sorted with my yarn store <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5072219452/" title="yarn! by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5072219452_20ae1c592b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="yarn!" /></a> <br />
and with doors <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/5071623529/" title="clare's desk and wool store by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5071623529_df8e9d9c0d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="clare's desk and wool store" /></a><br />
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Lucky sod, aren't I?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-88538797232948933552010-08-16T09:44:00.000+01:002010-08-16T09:44:26.860+01:00Congratulations Andrew!(Just a quickie, need to take pics of my embarrassing haul from KnitCamp and then I'll post about that great time).<br />
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So, once there was a rather tired and bizarre knitting shop in a place called Newtown in the lovely city of Sydney. The yarn rolled on the floor, as did the pets - kind of sneezy!<br />
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Then along came <a href="http://www.morrisandsons.com.au/catalog/main.php">Morris and Sons</a>, and took over the place. Now, M&S have a big shop in the CBD, and one in Melbourne - but this was to be a little different, and is called The Granny Square. How to make it perfect? Oh yes - get <a href="http://theotherandrew.blogspot.com/">The Other Andrew</a> to sort it out!<br />
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He's done them proud. Have a look at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/other_andrew/4889987423/">these pics on Flickr</a> and see if you don't agree.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28072989.post-53496295222409298162010-07-07T11:09:00.000+01:002010-07-07T11:09:16.463+01:00sadly no pics - I lied! There are some!<strike>Because I am illicitly posting from work - and we all know that if I procrastinate to get pics, this'll never happen!</strike> I've taken pics! Here you go...<br />
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Anyway - I have been knitting! I've almost finished a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/summer-solstice-2">Summer Solstice</a> (by Heidi Kirrmaier), which I've been doing in background Rowan silky tweed in 'tabby' - dark brown with orangey and other flecks - and silk/merino stripes in 5 colours SPUN BY CLARE for my Xmas present on her drop-spindles, from Yarn Yard fibre (Natalie sadly doesn't seem to be doing fibre any more). It's SO nearly finished...<br />
Here are lots of pics:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/4771005012/" title="summer solstice by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="summer solstice" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4771005012_2fb1044dbf.jpg" width="500" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/4770367669/" title="clarey's yarns 1 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="clarey's yarns 1" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4770367669_2efa4cd6c2.jpg" width="500" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/4771007470/" title="clarey's yarns 3 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="clarey's yarns 3" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4771007470_5e232637df.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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I've also started a jumper for Clare herself - <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Emily/space-girl">Space Girl</a> , also by Heidi Kirrmaier!<br />
Some pics:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/4771004212/" title="space girl 3 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="space girl 3" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4771004212_c0c861dcc3.jpg" width="500" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/4770365533/" title="space girl 2 by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="space girl 2" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4770365533_f4c585532a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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I've nearly finished a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Emily/daybreak">version of Daybreak</a> using 2 yarns that are more-or-less the same clour, but one's a handspun cashmere and the other a boucle silk, both bought from Posh Yarn about 4 years ago. I think it's working well.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/4771002334/" title="daybreak by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="daybreak" height="375" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4771002334_bfc585c78a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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And I've swatched for a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Emily/baby-cables-and-big-ones-too">Baby Cables and Big Ones Too</a>, using rowan Calmer so I don't overheat in it! I like big warm jumpers, but this one is low necked and fitted, so more of a jersey top, I think. I really like this green.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21548594@N00/4770363347/" title="tree yarn by GinnyUK, on Flickr"><img alt="tree yarn" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4770363347_9d4a406190.jpg" width="484" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3