Another awesome discovery today in the world of knitting/fiber and my ecological tendencies.
I clicked on a link from the Yarn Harlot's post today and lo and behold! I found happy :)
Buckwheat Bridge Angoras
It's a solar powered fiber mill in the Hudson Valley.
Does life get any better than that?
Oh! The first post is up on Ithaquest. Head on over for a look.
After working and reworking things several times I have myself a tweaked version of Fetching.
First I wasn't sure I was happy with the way the yarn looked in cables, but I kept going just to see if I liked it in the end. I did. So, I finished one glove, then decided to cast on the second with fewer stitches because the first one seemed big. I liked the smaller version better so I undid the big one and redid it like the second. Good thing they knit up in just a few hours :)
Here's the result:
That's my (huge) kitty, Ezra. He's a sweetie.
Remember that Eden yarn from the last post? Remember how I said maybe the hat would get me back on track?
That's what I did when I got back from class this afternoon. Guess I'm getting back on track, eh?
I'm trying to figure out if it's going to work. It's a bit of an adaptation of Fetching. The yarn is a bulky yarn, and the pattern calls for Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. Not to mention the different stetch of this yarn as compared to the Debbie Bliss yarn, which I've used before. Playing with gauge is a dangerous thing, but I think it might work. We'll see. I'm also not sure if I quite like the way the cables look with this yarn. I could end up frogging it all tomorrow.
I think I'll sleep on it.
So my LYS had a sale on EVERYTHING! this past weekend so I couldn't resist. I went with my mother and probably bored her to death while I spent quite a long time hemming and hawing over which yarns I should get and how much I could afford. I ended up spending my gift certificate my aunt had gotten me for $21.21 for my 21st birthday...pluuuus just a bit (bit may not be the correct word here) more.
I only got
2 hanks of this absolutely luscious yarn: Eden from The Fibre Company.
And
Two balls of Plymouth's Suri Merino with which to make
Center Square!
I said I would make it. I said I'd do it before the cold disappeared, but the cold seems to have disappeared :( Not to worry! This being Central New York I'm sure it'll be snowing in a week :)
Anyhow, it was a quick and easy knit and I like how it turned out! It is a bit big on me, though. But I'll deal.
The end note to this is that hopefully this will get me back into the swing of things with my knitting. Especially with spring break coming up next week my knitting future looks bright.
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