Hazel

I know, lapsing into lolspeke iz bad but--it fits!

Another FFO* hot off the needles, I present the Blue Frog socks. Ta da!

Yarn: Opal rainforest:'frosch' colourway.

I know, I know, they don't match. I did my best. For the hitches and vexations on why they don't match, read my earlier grumble. But, whatevs, they iz done and I is happi bunni! *wiggles toes in new sockses*

*FFO = Finally Finished Object.

I mentioned in my last post that I'd found a knot in my Blue Frog sock yarn. Well, I've just wound off a few grammes to get me back to the same point and dgiâtre! if I didn't encounter another knot and abrupt colour change!

Tchi dgiâbl'ye?!

But I wanted my socks to match, as nearly as possible. Bum.

By which I mean things I'm making. Other than a mess. :P

Last night I managed to stay awake (Hee!) and finished the first Blue Frog sock. It could have done with being a few rounds longer in the foot but it's not disastrous enough that I want to pull it back. I also managed to sew some more of the green table runner. It really ought to have a name, that poor project. :)

I got out some of my other books, in particular, this one on Hardanger embroidery. Inside, I found directions for, wait for it, a Hardanger photo frame. Just the very thing! Perhaps my subconscious had remembered that and was prompting me to pick the book up! :D With that one was my bargello book. I now have final ideas on each gift and am able to draw up a shopping list. Top of the list: black beads, to finish the Goth!scarf scarf.

I wonder how the owl will manage a roll of canvas? :P

Here is my latest FO. (finished object.)

Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug, colourway toscana 55. 100% merino easy care.
Pattern: the simple one supplied on the back of the ball band.

( picspam )

Browsing the new pattern books online last evening, I found another that I fancy knitting for myself. (knits for others are already ordered)

Ch'est ch’tî-chîn.

I like the design but the yarn does nothing for me. I'd prefer something tweedy, more interesting so I'm off to compare the tensions of other yarns, and wish, eune aut' fais, that there was a well-stocked yarn shop within striking distance.

À la préchaine!

My book on circular knitting has arrived and looks promising. I've been watching The X Men on Youtube. Some of the dialogue is so cheesy you could spread it on oatcakes and eat it but it's surprisingly addictive.

Also found the first five minutes of another comic book creation converted to screen: Constantine. 'Hell wants him. Heaven won't take him. Earth needs him.' Nic is impressed. ;-)

And now, back to the housework.

I was lucky enough to get a copy of the July issue of the Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist. I had no idea it was still going --haven't seen it since dad died. Some fabulous stuff inside --made my fingers itch.

The rain blew way and the sun came out for the afternoon. I knitted one ball of Rowan 'biggy print' in Goth red/black as a scarf start. It looks okay but it'll need another one. At least. At nearly £7 a ball it won't be cheap. Also got some extra needles and a circular. Now I'm wondering how to do a tension square on circ needles.

I had a go at the squares for the blankie and it looks good, about 4" square. I'm fancying a cushion cover in an assortment of luxury yarns.

À la préchaine!