i'm tired of the normal every day stuff, and isn't popcorn good for you? that, and a glass of milk, and my usual handful of supplements, and i'm off like a herd of turtles!now, i know this is a knitting blog. so i suppose you want to see knitting. ok, here ya go:
i actually thought this hat was kinda ugly, but warm. however, i've had other opinions. the kicker: i started this hat about 2 yesterday afternoon, and finished it at sit & knit last night. it's two strands of patons symphony for the cabled brim, and the main body of the hat is some yarn i got in a swap over a year ago. i got it because it was over 75% wool, which is a requirement for A4A. however, this is going to dulaan. and it fits me tightly, so it ought to fit a 8 or 9 year old well.and the piece d'resistance (i know i'm not spelling that right):
the limenviolet superwash from Lisa Souza (if i need to link it, you need to crawl out from under the rock first!) this is 160 yards of navajo-plied tastiness (i can hear miss vi drooling now, no licking, woman!). now, to tell y'all my devotion to showing this yarn in all it's yumminess. i finished spinning this tuesday, and washed it and hung it under tension to dry. wednesday night, i pulled it off the shower rod, and immediately dropped it. you can gasp now. yes, it tangled. so i took it home, and started to untangle it. both ends are the dark purple. imagine, 9 o'clock at night, and me hunting for dark ends. it took me half an hour to FIND an end. i wound part of it into center pull balls (i did eventually find the other end), then gave up and went to bed. i spent probably a half an hour at the car dealership untangling it (i had to get the oil changed) and then went to village inn and spent another 10 minutes untangling it. finally, i wound it all into one center pull ball. when i got to my place, i got out my niddy noddy, and wound it on, and put it into a skein. just so y'all could drool appropriately.i'll get the mop now.
6 comments:
Does that look like the yarn to beat your self with or what? LOL
droooool.:)
i have had tangles too... sigh. there are some hanging around that never made it to the untangled state, it is just one of those neurotic things that i can't just do 'whenever'.
you sound like an Olympic untangler. :)
love the yarn! sorry i m issed you guys last night. now is crunch time with the boards in a few days (not that it matters at this point) but i should make it out this thurs...i think i am going to sop though, i haven't been there in over a month or so.
Arg! Tangles! Glad it worked out because seeing handspun like yours makes me want my wheel NOW! LOL Sooo yummy!
it is over! yeah! i don't get the results for a while, anywhere from 30-90 days. ohhh, i hope is is right before christmas! (ugh)
Darn tangles! It is super gorgeous, though!
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