Hello everyone, I have had further computer problems since my last post which have kept me from blogging, but hopefully these are now fixed. I’ve been working on several things recently, some are bigger projects and are taking quite a long time to complete, so I thought I would share a few of my current WIP’s.
Knitting this year did not get off to a good start; January saw me frogging a lace pattern fingerless glove I began last October, when it was just 2 rows from completion. Even though I had followed the instructions for calculating the size it was too big, but this didn’t show until it was nearly complete. Disheartened after pulling it all out, I opted to put that project aside and instead throw myself into a different knitting challenge. I decided to attempt knitting myself a jumper from my handspun clun forest wool. I knew I probably wouldn’t have the patience to knit a standard jumper, so I opted to make things even more complicated for myself by using an original Victorian knitting pattern to attempt to knit a jumper with ‘leg o-mutton’ style sleeves. With the help of several ‘lifelines’ in case it all went wrong I’ve knitted about halfway up the body of the jumper now.
I’ve also cast on another little project that remains a secret for now as it is a gift to a friend.
I had been pondering how to use the plastic sweet wrapper yarn I made last Tour de Fleece and after ruling out knitting and crochet (the foil in the wrappers made it too stiff) I decided to try weaving it. I wove one row of sweet wrapper yarn every two rows of black and white yarn from my stash in the hope that after washing, the fabric would have less gaps than if I just used the sweet wrapper yarn. This was the result…
I will do a full write up of each project when they are finished. Now I can use my computer again I’m excited to get back to the usual more regular posts. Let me know what you are working on in the comments below!
Happy Crafting!
Loose Ends 