With Myfanwy's recent move into politics, on top of her demanding roles in art, film & travelogue, we are happy to welcome Esme to the team in Scotland to spread the load.
Please... say hello to the delightful and excellent Esme!
Yesterday I started knitting again after years of not knitting a single stitch. I forgot how much I love it. 😁🧶
All the stitches came back to me as soon as I picked the needles up again. I didn't have to look up how to do any of it, I guess it must be muscle memory. 👀 :knitting: :ablobcatknitsweats:
“Turquoise Sea”. I dyed plenty of yarn to bring to @thewoolmontyshow, buying in extra to make sure I have an amazing selection. The shop is stocked to bursting with beautiful colours so now is a great time to look if you won’t be at the show.
MothyandtheSquid.com #mothyandthesquid#yarn#knitting#crochet
Okay, this might actually help me feel less bad about the yarn used for swatching... I know you can rip it and use it in the project... but this seems so nice!
@nobyeni@knitting Tough one. The top part seems "cooler's, the bottom one "warmer." So I guess it comes down to skin tone. If I had to use other words, I'd say top one is more crisp, more nautical, bottom one more earthy. Hope that is helpful!
Today I found out that both of my applications to test a #knitting pattern were accepted... after many times applying for things and not being accepted...
So I guess all my other WIP will be on hold and until June 20th I will be knitting both a pair of colourwork unicorn mittens and a cardigan... See images.
Doable, right? Maybe I should book a holiday from my two little kids and my work... haha.
I'm knitting a roly poly from a pattern. I deviated from the pattern when knitting the antennae, going from a photograph and using shaping techniques I've learned over the years. Here it is posing with a centipede plush. #knitting#isopod#WIP
Neues Projekt / new project:
Aus geribbeltem Garn / from frogged yarn
von einer Strickjacke, die ich kaum getragen habe / from a cardigan I barely wore:
eine neue Strickjacke / a new cardigan.
Anleitung / Pattern:
Myrtle Cardigan by Snowden Becker
Garn / yarn:
Wollmeise Pure in "nördlicher als nordisch"
Needles: 3.25mm
Got a tin of chocolates for Xmas. They were delicious. As the old tin I used for some of my knitting notions had finally died, I transferred everything into the new one.
No matter how many times my grandkiddies come, they still have to check in case miraculously the tin contains chocolate again.😅 😜
Gestrickt wird hier hier natürlich auch noch! Und unabsichtlich thematisch sehr passend, denn das Tuch hieß schon vor dem letzten Wochenende 'Polarlicht':
@una04@knitting I like the German name actually... Sounds a bit exotic! Looking forward to English version, will definitely be making it. The different sections feel very "balanced," design-wise. Well done! 💞☺️🧶
@KarenStrickholm@knitting
Thank you!
Oftentimes I decide to change the stitch pattern at a point when I start to get bored. Usually that also turns out to please the eye in the end.
When robbing Peter to pay Paul makes sense- a whole lot of sense.
When I lived in Toronto with my daughter last year, I took the chance to buy a few good yarns. I found CaMaRose Løvetand, knowing it's the ideal yarn for those of us who live in hell, er, tropical climate. I started Outline Tee by Jessie Maed which I finished when I returned to Manila. I wore it a couple of times, but did not like it. So I frogged it to knit this top by Beth MacDonald instead. #knitting#knittersofmastodon
Patched is a new series where people can write to me with a #fashion (or fashion-adjacent) question that's bothering them, and I will reply with a letter from an anti-capitalist perspective.
If you have a question please email me at - DearPatched@proton.me
Include the name you want your question published under and your town or country. I pledge to protect your identity.
I definitely need to sort out my yarn.
I have yarn in baskets, in cupboards, and alongside my chair.
The two baskets alongside my chair are my 'working' (...er, um...lol) ones, they're holding the current WIPs that I pick up regularly.
The cupboards hold my main stash and patterns, needles, etc...
Then there are the hand-dyed yarn clubs I belong to that mean I get more each month.
Of course - collecting yarn and using yarn are two different hobbies 😂 😅 😜
When you get out of control with organization even though you know it will only last a short time and soon you will have another abandoned tool sadly languishing. Exhibit: Notion workspace that initially had just Stash in it and now has become my full-blown mini-personal-Ravelry-esque repository of knitting data. #knitting#FiberArts@knitting (remove group in reply) #Notion
