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I forgot I’d taken some close-ups of mom’s Multnomah. Don’t you just love garter stitch?

The first shipment of the Greenwood Fiberworks fiber club is here. This is 4 oz of Polwarth in “Downton”, inspired - of course - by Downton Abbey. Which I haven’t seen. *gasp*

I can’t wait to start spinning this! There’s a spin-along happening in the Greenwood Fiberworks Ravelry group and I’ve decided to join the rest of the world and spin this while watching Downton Abbey.

wilwheaton:

YES, TUMBLR, I UNDER-FUCKING-STAND. 

WE ALL UNDER-FUCKING-STAND.

WHY DON’T YOU UNDER-FUCKING-STAND, TUMBLR, THAT WE USE MISSING E BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME?

STOP MAKING ME TELL YOU THAT I UNDERSTAND, AND WORK ON DEVELOPMENT SO I DON’T NEED MISSING E.

What he said.

talviknits:

New Etsy favorite: bfl firestar MELANCHOLY roving handpainted 5.5oz by lanitiumexmachina

I can’t believe this was still available! Well, it’s MINE now. Can’t wait to get my hands on such gorgeous fiber.

New Etsy favorite: bfl firestar MELANCHOLY roving handpainted 5.5oz by lanitiumexmachina

I’ve been finishing projects left and right this week. One of them was the test knit poncho/capelet for brendadada on Ravelry. This is a great layering piece — very light but surprisingly warm

• On Ravelry: Glacial Capelet
• Pattern: Seaham Sheer Poncho (£2.50 on Ravelry) by Brenda Burrell
• Yarn: 1.5 skeins (712 yd/650 m) of Hjertegarn Kunstgarn in color #02 for the main body and 30 yd/28 m of Apleks fingering-weight 2-ply yarn for the i-cord drawstrings
• Needles: 4.5 and 5.0 mm

There’s a little story behind the name of this project. Originally, I bought the yarn at Sommerfuglen in Copenhagen. It’s apparently the yarn store the Danish queen shops in! Their website is the only place I’ve seen that lists colorway names for the Kunstgarn. The colorway I used is called “Glacier” which inspired the name for the project.

A couple of weeks before Mother’s Day, I brought mom a few yarn choices and had her pick a skein and a pattern to go with it. She made some awesome choices. :) Hopeasäie Gold + Multnomah. Mind you, her decision was influenced by my Multnomah she saw me wearing but still a good pairing. And I’d wanted to make another Multnomah anyway so the pattern choice was just perfect.

• On Ravelry: Mom’s Sparkly Multnomah
• Pattern: Multnomah (Ravelry) by Kate Ray
• Yarn: one skein (437 yd/400 m) of Hopeasäie Gold in “Kirjola”
• Needle: 3.5 mm

55 Shells by Frankie Brown, a free pattern on Ravelry!

New Etsy favorite: art batt LOTR Shire - GLAM Art Batt 4.1oz by lanitiumexmachina

Here’s the entire Lord of the Rings inspired batt collection. SWOON.

The pattern I was test knitting has been published! It’s called the Seaham Sheer Poncho by Brenda Burrell, for sale on Ravelry for £2.50.

I was looking through Brenda’s other designs and found this nice shrug pattern - Palindrome Derivative Hug - and it’s free, too! I think I need to make something like this for the summer.

brendadada on Ravelry was looking for test knitters for her design, a cowl/poncho. I thought the design looked interesting and I had suitable yarn in my stash so I jumped at the opportunity. Only when I read the pattern did I realize it was another one with contiguous sleeves! :) Apparently I’m attracted to the method and it does indeed fit me nicely.

I’ve got a little ways to go still on my Glacial Poncho but the pattern should be available on Ravelry any day now.

New Etsy favorite: shetland roving HOUND handpainted 5.1oz by lanitiumexmachina

I’ve been to two fiber/crafts fairs recently that were very, very helpful in expanding the yarn and fiber stashes.

Left to right: Hopeasäie Gold (she’s on Etsy), Handu Ilu’s Special in green, and Handu 100% Merino Sock Yarn (red/gray). Handu is on Etsy, too!

Sparklies!

More sparklies! Four different colors of seed beads.

And finally, something for the wheel. Left to right: Knitlob’s Lair Polwarth, Lorna’s Laces Wool Top in “Huron”, Knitlob’s Lair Corriedale, and undyed oatmeal 100% Bluefaced Leicester (BFL). Tuulia of Knitlob’s Lair is also on Etsy but her shop is now empty. :/

Another old sweater, well, a cardigan really.

• DROPS Ribbed Cardigan
• Pattern: 100-2 Jacket with rib in Silke Alpaca (Ravelry) from Garnstudio
• Yarn: 780 m (853 yd) of The Cotton Garden Bella (100% cotton) in color #14 (navy)
• Needles: 4.5 and 5.0 mm
• Mods: Worked sleeves seamlessly from the cuff up, joined together with the body and knitted the rest of the way seamlessly as a circular yoke. And added some waist shaping.

I still have some of that yarn left so I’m thinking maybe doing Radiate from the Spring 2009 Knitty.