Sunday, July 5, 2009

Bobbins

SCF Irises  Shetland Top Singles

This month's Club shipments featured some Shetland Top from David at Southern Cross Fibres and Amy at Spunky Eclectic.

Southern Cross Fibres - Club - June 2009 - Irises - Shetland Top

Selfish 2


Great minds think alike. I'd never worked with Shetland so I was eager to get started. Shetland fleece is obtainable at Rhinebeck...if I was so inclined...but first let's try it out.

It's soft, it's bouncy, it's easy to draft, this was nicely prepared top. Somehow, and I can't figure it out, the first bobbin ended up insanely overtwisted while the second seems a bit more even and calm.

SCF Irises Shetland Top

I think I can overcome this during the next stage, when I ply these singles together. For now I am gonna let them rest a bit.

Progress on the Garter Blanket is not progress. Last night I composed a blog post that told the story, and was just taking pictures to illustrate my point, when I realized maybe I didn't have a point. This blanket is giving me fits. I finished the knitting, blocked the pieces and decided I hated it. That was two weeks ago. Then I started to reknit the thing, and blocked the first section and now I don't know if I was hasty in my original decision because honestly I saw little or no difference. Did I overblock the second version? I need to step away from this one. I cannot believe how hard garter stitch can be sometimes. For now, no pictures, sorry. I have to work this one out a bit before a big reveal.


3 comments:

Katie M. said...

Gorgeous stuff! Good luck gaining the upper hand with the garter stitch.

barefoot rooster said...

oooooh. droolworthy. i am such a sucker for semi-solids. can't wait to see this all plied up!!

knithound brooklyn said...

@Katie M: I will master the garter stitch. I will master the garter stitch. My mantra.

@rooster: New found appreciation for the semi solids. The knitting possibilities are broader, don't you think?