triskellian knits... Vox 2008-08-14T11:58:34Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4142936ea3c7f/tags/knitting/ ...lots of purple things (she spins too) Purple things for me tag:vox.com,2008-08-14:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00fa96919aae0003 2008-08-14T09:43:55Z 2008-08-14T11:58:34Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bellatrix Bellatrix Bellatrix Black alpaca and purple merino sample

Bellatrix FO pics! They look more twisted than they feel, which is ideal. What's not ideal is the obvious colour difference despite matching dye lots :-( Still, perfect matchingness isn't high on my list of priorities, and I love them. And there'...

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]]> Presents for inlaws tag:vox.com,2008-08-14:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00fae8d58953000b 2008-08-14T09:33:49Z 2008-08-14T09:45:51Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Baby rainbow coriolis Lilac alpaca for MiL, batches zero and one

Baby socks: quickest thing to knit ever. Started on Tuesday evening, finished this morning. And the Lorna's Laces rainbow which looks so lovely in the skein and so horrible knitted up actually works in a garment this tiny. Especially on the heel ...

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]]> Spinning alpaca tag:vox.com,2008-08-04:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00fa968dd2ef0002 2008-08-04T22:24:42Z 2008-08-04T22:24:42Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom No photos of this yet, but I've also been spinning the alpaca I bought in Hay and dyed a variegated pinky-lilacy-grey. I started off spinning it as-is, but this turned out to be a pain, so I've now started carding little bits at a time (so as to a...

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]]> One and a bit Bellatrices; various musings tag:vox.com,2008-08-04:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f0100a7eed865000e 2008-08-04T22:13:39Z 2008-08-05T18:15:26Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bellatrix, non-gusset side Bellatrix, gusset side

Yesterday I finished the first Bellatrix, and I've just now finished the toe of the second :-) The first picture is the non-gusset side of the first sock, the second is the gusset side - since this is Cat Bordhi's sidestream sockitecture, the tw...

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]]> Bellatrix continues apace! tag:vox.com,2008-08-02:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00fae8d1c62d000b 2008-08-02T22:25:12Z 2008-08-02T22:27:16Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bellatrix eye of partridge heel Bellatrix non-gusset side Bellatrix gusset side

Having a wool gathering with White_Hart and Dyddgu earlier, I finished the heel on Bellatrix, and now with an evening's TV viewing behind me, I've knit a couple of inches of leg as well (photos below were taken a couple of hours ago) - this goes s...

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]]> Introducing Bellatrix tag:vox.com,2008-07-19:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00fae8cd8a5d000b 2008-07-19T22:34:26Z 2008-07-19T22:36:55Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bellatrix

Having made my decision, I did not wait to put it into practice. I started knitting Bellatrix as written, but the cast on edge was too tight, even as a tubular cast on, and I wasn't sure about about the gauge. So since I was frogging anyway, I sw...

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]]> The sock problem tag:vox.com,2008-07-17:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00fa968862d10002 2008-07-17T22:02:47Z 2008-07-17T22:02:47Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cherry Tree Hill supersock Red and pink sock yarn Pomatomus Mystery blue-purple variegated Dream in Colour Smooshy Knitwitches sock yarn Opal Handpaint in autumn colours Trekking XXL in starling colours Purple stripy sock yarn

As I said a couple of posts back, I have at least twelve pairs-worth of sock yarn in my stash. I've now resolved to actually knit some of it, but I'm not entirely sure yet where to start - which pattern, which yarn. Part of the point of this post ...

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]]> Shopping in Hay and its consequences tag:vox.com,2008-07-17:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00fa968903430003 2008-07-17T20:51:52Z 2008-07-17T20:51:52Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Alpaca fibre from Hay Trekking XXL in starling colours Opal Handpaint in autumn colours Dyed alpaca

Ages ago now, I went to Hay-on-Wye with friend-R. I bought second hand books, as you do in Hay (it's a small village in Wales with dozens of second hand book shops), including some vintage knitting books. I bought them for various combinations of ...

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]]> A gift! tag:vox.com,2008-07-17:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f0100a7e952fb000e 2008-07-17T16:35:19Z 2008-07-17T18:13:16Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Purple stripy sock yarn Purple stripy swatch

Yesterday I hosted a crafting evening, at which two friends - K and S - came over, K did her mending, S learnt how to to do the purl stitch, and I knitted, sewed and spun (of which more in a post to come). Excitingly, K came bearing gifts from he...

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]]> Rantette; Knitty tag:vox.com,2008-06-11:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00fad69088ff0004 2008-06-11T19:49:42Z 2008-06-11T19:49:42Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I knew that Knitpicks didn't ship internationally. I've seen people complain about it, and to protect my covetous nature, I have avoided becoming too familiar with their product line beyond the needles that Get Knitted sell. However, while searc...

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