triskellian knits... Vox 2008-07-17T22:02:47Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4142936ea3c7f/tags/yarn/ ...lots of purple things (she spins too) 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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]]> Adventures in spinning alpaca and silk tag:vox.com,2008-07-17:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00fae8ccf10f000b 2008-07-17T21:07:48Z 2008-07-17T21:07:48Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Grey alpaca before and after dyeing.jpg Carded lilac alpaca sample Carded alpaca and silk noil sample Carded black and lilac alpaca sample Great House alpaca sample Sari sample 1 Sari sample 2

So this is what I've been doing with the alpaca... The first five pictures are various combinations of dyed lilac-grey alpaca and black alpaca. Sometimes carded, sometimes blended together, sometimes spun as-is. The fourth picture has some si...

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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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]]> Purple progress tag:vox.com,2008-03-29:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00e398eae8c00005 2008-03-29T18:07:41Z 2008-03-29T18:07:41Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Instep of wisteria sock Heel of wisteria sock Plum merino singles

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 tag:vox.com,2008-03-24:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00f48ce782360003 2008-03-24T10:14:50Z 2008-03-24T10:19:11Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wisteria socks part way through gusset increases Wisteria socks with lots of little bundles of yarn Purple cable cardigain in progress Cable closeup Silk collar facing Plummy purple singles and fibre

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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]]> Silk cut tag:vox.com,2008-03-13:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00f48ce3ffde0003 2008-03-13T15:50:02Z 2008-03-13T15:50:02Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Silk Cut (with merino)

Oh, um, I referred to the silk cut yarn, but just realised I didn't blog it, so here it is. Lilac merino from Texere plied with wisteria haze silk hankies from Fibrecrafts. Named after a brand of cigarettes which have packaging just those colours...

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]]> Miscellaneous spinning tag:vox.com,2008-03-13:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00f48ce3ec320002 2008-03-13T15:42:15Z 2008-03-13T15:42:15Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wisteria singles for navajo ply, batch 2 Oddball skein of handspun Skein of cerise singles Cerise merino singles in curly mess :-) Cerise singles on fuchsia silk hankies New three-whorl flyer

...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 and reading tag:vox.com,2008-02-23:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00e398df92350005 2008-02-23T19:10:20Z 2008-02-23T19:10:39Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Two ply wisteria Hands on Spinning (Hands on) Wisteria in progress

This is the result of the Caribbean fibre I bought from Freyalyn's Etsy shop :-) It's two-ply, about 324m and about 200g. Unfortunately (for me), I chose this to make for Katie, who gave me my wheel - I checked that she knits when she gave me i...

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]]> Lots to report tag:vox.com,2008-01-02:asset-6a00d4142936ea3c7f00e398ce1d370002 2008-01-02T23:13:46Z 2008-01-02T23:13:46Z triskellian http://trisknits.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cheshire cat wip Shadow Knit Picks Harmony wooden interchangeable needles Handspun lilac and grey Mauve singles in progress My new spinning wheel! My first wheelspun

This will be another of those monster posts where I haven't posted for ages, and I throw it all out in one post :-) Actually, not quite all: there's a spinning-and-knitting FO that I haven't photographed yet, and a knitting WIP that has a half-wri...

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