May 02 2008
Tangled yarn
Imagine about a 50 skeins and balls of yarn, different color, different fiber, all poured into a big basket.
Just in case I will find a new life for them. I was thinking some amigurumi toys. Or crocheting them into my daughter’s rug. Chili, my chihuahua was thinking different. The basket, full of fluffy yarn, was her dream place to nap. And later, the yarn needed some rearrangement. Chili of course did her best to make it comfortable again. She was digging hard, and deeper and deeper, until the yarn was fluffy again.
And she made a thorough job.
Took me a whole day to save a few bigger balls, and the rest were put into a bag, and I think I will use them to stuff those amigurumi toys, if I ever make any.
Now I have my yarn sorted out by color, fiber, and some of them are already put in a project bag, for a future project. Am I organised or what?
Yes, I’m two balls sort with the Caftan pullover. Never mind. I knew this is going to be my most expensive project ever, so two or three more balls will not matter. I’ve been searching the net for an economic solution, and I think I have found the best source on Ebay. With 5,40 per [...]
My first colorwork was the hat I have published here in one of my first posts, and ever since I keep thinking about making something coloured again. But this time something different. Fair Isle is something that requires more confidence than I’ve got so far.
And guess what I have found:
Yes. Amazing, isn’t it? It doesn’t [...]
I was going to write about celebrity knitting, but then I saw that there is a lot of articles in this topic. So I dropped the subject. The one I’m going to write about it now is animals in knitted/crochet gear. I know, there is a lot of articles about this too. But I still [...]
Now, if you have all kind of knitting needles (or at least a few of them), and wonder what to do with them, or how to use them at all, there are a lot of helpful sites, where you can learn knitting. From the basics, to the more advanced techniques, there are help for every [...]
Yesterday evening I immediately started a bag, which is actually a crochet bag, and it is in a bowling bag style. It is going to be smashing! No pictures yet, but I will add one when it is worth it, or you will be able to see a decent progress. I make it in brown [...]