Jahr: 2008

how exciting. i wanted to try it for ages but couldn’t decide on how to do it and which colours to use… but today i just did it.

it was much more difficult than i thought actually. it’s really hard to achieve a smooth colourway. i tried to use a spoon to apply the dye, but it turned out really patchy. next time i’m going to put the yarn in glasses of dye to get a more steady result…

i’m soooo curious to see the result when the sock yarn is dry. and even more curious how the pattern will look when i knitt socks from it…

here are the photos of the whole „event“ 😉

aquarius socks –> pattern

i love the fabric. it is a lana grossa meilenweit cotton with 41% cotton. very stretchy, soft and less itchy than my usual sock yarn. they’ll be the perfect summer socks. can’t wait to finish work for today and get back kitting… 😉

they met yesterday. my most favourite things. the mighty boosh and knitting *lol*

here is a snapshot of the encounter. vince seems to be delighted – not quite sure what the scarf thinks though.

i first started the branching out pattern with lana grossa cool wool 2000 print. the yarn is really lovely and so nice to knit, but it just didn’t accentuate the lace pattern at all. here is a photo:

so i ripped it up again, headed into the city and got myself a similar yarn in white. i didn’t get lana grossa anywhere, so i got a similar substitute from wolle rödel „siena“ and started all over again. here is the result by now:

it’s a lot better in white, don’t you think?!

it’s also the first project i used „lifelines“ so that i don’t need to start all over again or have much hassle if i make a mistake. i learned that quickly after i had to undo a whole pattern repeat because i messed up ONE stitch in the first pattern row *growl*

anyway, it’s coming on nicely… i can’t wait to see it growing… and blocked 🙂

i proudly present: my very own endpaper mitts. just finished the last rows and sewed in the last ends of yarn… it was a lot of fun, but also hard work… i even just poked myself in the eye with one of my needles (beware of double pointed needles. they are evil!)… but here are my beauties: