Some time ago I had the chance to browse a Rennie color card. This is what I noted to rembember:
Supersoft Original:
Supersoft Cashmere:
Castle Collection Donegal
Chunky Donegal
Somewhere I must have pics of the color card… go to look for them…
but I just couldn’t resist. Last wednesday I went with fourchette and her friend to lang yarns in reiden. Yarn sale. And that’s the result:
(Sorry for the bad picture, but the colors are more real without flash. And I couldn’t wait til the next sunny day…)
That’s yarn for three projects! I mean three sweater projects. Nobody knows when I am actually going to knit this, but then, just one after another.
I couldn’t really enjoy my findings, because – stupid, stupid, I know, I left one of my favorite knitting books in the store. Knitting Nature. But the ladies at Lang Yarns were kind enough to send it back to me! Thank you!
Forgot to mention that I also have dyed some yarn this september. With plants. That meant, first to treat the yarn with Alaun. So don’t get any illusions about no chemistry when dyeing with plants. But Alaun is ok, I also wanted some Kaliumbichromid (or whatever that’s called in english) but got a bit scared after the pharmacist read all the side effects. And how I have to treat this drug. So i decided to go with Alaun. I used goldenrod, red clover, leaves and shells from walnut. Unfortunately my camera is not very good with yellow and brown, so no pictures so far (I am working on it though).
I encountered knitting as guerilla art in the book below (thanks nchenga for bringing it to Switzerland). This evening, I stumbled over this.
I really like the idea of putting knitted stuff in the environment. I didn’t see any knit graffity in Basel so far, but who knows, may be I just didn’t know where to look for.
Tags: art, knitting, knit, guerilla art, keri smith
Bought one and a half kilo yarn on the fleamarktet – 15 100g Strands for Fr. 2.– each. Good, tweady, 100% wool – may be an aran cardigan from Knitting Nature. Or Central Park Hoodie for me? Updated: Picture added:
Self striping yarn (with Koo-Aid): a Tutorial
Part One of the Tutorial with other Links
On Knitty
Color-chart
I just ordered some Kool-Aid at a friend who is in SF right now
This is picture nr 2000 with my own digital camera!
Got the invitation today: Ravelry.Ok, not much up yet, but more to come
Only 1262 people ahead of me.
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