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More knitting blogging.
There is a lovely stack of wonderfully teal-coloured wool sitting around here, waiting to get turned into a sweater:
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These two have more friends, of course. One sweater's worth of them.
They're not going to get cuddly and up close to knitting needles just yet, though - there are a few other things that need finishing or taking care of first (such as the sprang thing that is still waiting on its frame, happily, for instance). I've done the swatch already though, and picked out a pattern - the wool will, eventually, turn into a nice cardigan.
Eventually.
Speaking of turning yarns into knitted items, I've been following @WoolsackUK on Twitter for a while now, and one of the recent tweets linked to an article about knitting with a specific technique in Yorkshire, called "swaving". From what the Knitting Genealogist writes on that blog, the technique is lost today - but it does sound like a fascinating field of study. If you're interested in old knitting techniques, you might enjoy that article (and possibly others on the same blog.)
[caption id="attachment_2175" align="alignnone" width="600"]
These two have more friends, of course. One sweater's worth of them.They're not going to get cuddly and up close to knitting needles just yet, though - there are a few other things that need finishing or taking care of first (such as the sprang thing that is still waiting on its frame, happily, for instance). I've done the swatch already though, and picked out a pattern - the wool will, eventually, turn into a nice cardigan.
Eventually.
Speaking of turning yarns into knitted items, I've been following @WoolsackUK on Twitter for a while now, and one of the recent tweets linked to an article about knitting with a specific technique in Yorkshire, called "swaving". From what the Knitting Genealogist writes on that blog, the technique is lost today - but it does sound like a fascinating field of study. If you're interested in old knitting techniques, you might enjoy that article (and possibly others on the same blog.)
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Harma
on Mittwoch, 03. Februar 2016 18:00
Why did you have to remind me of sprang. I've got startitis already but I need to do other things that crafting too. I wanted to do more sprang in November, right after you made that beautiful bag at the Forum, but have been sidetracked.
Today I tried out knooking, knitting with a crochet hook. Another interesting way to create a knitted fabric. Have you heard of that technique?