It is amazing how far behind I’ve become.  Bear with me.  The Yarn for Sale page will be updated as soon as I can.  It takes a lot of time to get the colors just right.  Give me a week or so.  In the mean time, if you see something you want, just ask me about it.  Thanks for that. Meanwhile, what I really want to do is hole up and SPIN.  And KNIT.  And play Sudoku (yeah…still). 

I’d like to finish carding some of Bess with the colored mohair.  I’ve swatched some of the two ply I made as a sample, with a project in mind.  Until I get some of my sweaters sewn together, I’m sticking to one piece knitted objects. 

Repetitive patterns are the comfort food of knitting.  With everything that I’ve had going on, I needed a project that I could pick up and put down, something to occupy and calm, not overwhelm.  I found what I was looking for in two scarf patterns.  Both have enough flavor, umm… stitchery, to keep keep it interesting while the over and over and over again make it feel familiar.  The first pattern, Anne’s Hypotenuse, is my no brainer, pick it up when I want to concentrate on something else at the same time, say a movie, or conversation.  It is a great looking, lots of bang for your buck little pattern, easy to read the stitches and to memorize.  Big needles and big yarn.  I’ve got mine on #8 Lantern Moons.  The yarn is a silk and wool blend that looks like a dead ringer for Silky Wool.  I came across it on cones a year or so ago and had dyed this turquoise color as a test.  The yarn took the dye beautifully, lots of color and the combination of fibers gave it good depth. 

The second is another of Evelyn Clark’s beauties, Trellis.  This pattern requires much more attention.  I have to watch the chart but can still pay attention to a show.  The yarn is another find, wool and maybe some silk, I can’t tell so there wouldn’t be much.  Needles are #5.