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Red and/or socks

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:40:03 +0100

(Grr. Wrote long post, lost it. CBA to rewrite, so abbreviated version follows...) Picture 1: mini cardigan in handspun red-and-pink two ply. Much nicer as two-ply than either of the plies as singles, although I bought more fibre because I'll p...

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Knitting for the GM

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:18:01 +0100

I've just got back from a week in Norfolk playing in a four-day roleplaying mini-campaign during which I occupied my hands (in between dice rolling) with knitting socks for the GM. If this was in the hope of receiving extra shinies, the hope was f...

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Ralph's tantalising socks

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:21:07 +0100

I love linen stitch. I've never knit it before, but it's gorgeous. Part of me is hoping these socks turn out to be too small for their intended recipient so I get to keep them for myself :-) Anyway, must go: bags to pack etc etc.

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FO and holiday knitting

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:54:31 +0100

The wisteria socks are finished. I've renamed them 'dissertation socks', because the spinning and the knitting of these has been very much bound up with the dissertation I've been writing since the beginning of the year, and because I finished th...

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Purple progress

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:07:41 +0000

I have turned the heel on the wisteria socks and begun on the leg. Both heels, both legs, because I'm still knitting these in parallel, which seems so far to be an excellent cure for the dreaded Second Sock Syndrome. The cable panel is still most...

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Assorted purple things

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:14:50 +0000

The Wisteria socks have about half of a gusset, in the shape of the ridgeline increases from New Pathways, and a small cable panel acting as the ridgeline. I'm actually not wild about the cable - its details don't really show up very well, but it...

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Handspun socks

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:11:48 +0000

The top photo is this morning, and the bottom one is about an hour ago, and I haven't actually done much knitting today, but they're going really quickly. I've done some more since I took the photo, and am probably about ready to start the gusset...

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Knitting with the attention span of a flea

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:05:28 +0000

That's Juno Regina to the left, with three diamonds completed. I don't feel as if I've completely bonded with it as a project yet, but it looks pretty, and it's nicely balancing interesting to knit with easy to knit, so I'm tentatively considerin...

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Miscellaneous spinning

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:42:15 +0000

...And the equivalent quick update from the spinning front! The top picture is the second batch of Wisteria fibre that's destined for navajo plying. It's about 300m, which means I'm still on track to product at least 200m of possibly-sock-weigh...

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Spinning Wisteria

nobody@vox.com(triskellian) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:17:47 +0000

I've spun five-eights of the Wisteria fibre (from Freyalyn on Etsy). Four of those eighths (ie 100g) are wheelspun with a long draw (my first attempt at same), and then wheel-plied into lovely soft squooshy aran-ish three-ply, about 100m thereof ...

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