Shop Update Today

on November 6, 2007

Burnt Offering

Today’s shop update day. If you’d like to see what’s going up for sale or sold out, if you’re tuning in late, visit the Flickr set. If you’re shopping, visit the shop at 2pm EST today, Tuesday the 6th.

Today marks the return of the much-loved Fat Sock yarn. I bought a TON of the base yarn, so there won’t be any shortage in coming months. I’ve also got some deeply-colored Sock, crazyspringy Shetland fiber, Merino/silk, Corriedale, and BFL fibers. Sarah from Maisy Day Handspun sent lovely handspun yarns, including more of the Spitfire I used for my legwarmers. I was mightily tempted to swipe that for myself.

After today, you probably won’t hear a peep out of me for at least a week, as dyeing of the fiber club goes into full swing. People who ordered more Mollusc, you’ll be getting that very shortly, and dyeing of more Baked Alaska will take place soon, as well. If you were in the fiber club last month and want more of the Romney, give me a shout (click the little envelope up and to the left) and let me know how much you want. It’s $15 per 5 oz. plus shipping. Once everyone’s spoken up, I’ll get dyeing.

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New Project: Baked Alaska Romney Sweater

on October 31, 2007

I spun like a maniac last weekend, and managed a big old batch of yarn out of the tails left over from the October fiber club.

This-

became this-

became this-

^^^This photo is deceiving. That is a really big pile of yarn.

This stuff? It spins like a dream. I was filling 6 oz. bobbins like they were nothing. Romney, Romney, Romney!

Romney wool (from combed top)
2 ply
12 wpi
989 yards and 1 lb. 7 oz. total
spun and plied at 11:1 (If I don’t record that stuff here, it doesn’t get recorded.)

This is a heavy, kinda scratchy yarn. There should be enough here for a sweater for me. If not, I’ve got some more of the fiber. Now, just to decide what type of sweater to knit. I was thinking just a plain raglan pullover kind of like this, but maybe I need a buttoned cardigan with a big ribbed turtleneck-type collar, kind of like this shape, but with buttons. ???

The voting’s started over on Flickr. Some people really know what they want!

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Finished Object: Jackyll & Hide

on October 28, 2007

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Ooh, scary!

Pattern: Jackyll & Hide from Fall 2007 Knitty
Yarn: Plymouth Tweed (a worsted weight), colorway 530, just a tad more than 2 skeins.
Needle: size 7 Addi Turbo for magic loopin’
Gauge: 4.5 sts. per inch
Size: one size- 16.75″ around head/face
Fit: It’s okay on my head, which is 21″ around the widest part (nose), but on my husband, the model, whose head is a little bigger, it’s a little tight.

Thoughts and Modifications:

This pattern is simple and fantastic and so, so scary-looking. I love it.

What I hadn’t considered is that my glasses won’t fit under this. I plan to wear it to hand out candy on Halloween, and I hope the kids don’t figure out they can get me to give them candy 14 times each because I can’t actually see them!

One thing that bothered me about the pattern as written was the eye holes, which weren’t quite tidy enough for me. I moved the increases and decreases one stitch away from the edge, didn’t bind off the bottom two stitches, since that creates a gap between stitches, but rather kept them on holders throughout, then did a single crochet edging around the hole, binding off those two stitches with that. I used M1F for the increase on the left side (facing you) of the eye hole and M1B for the right. See here for those increases. The neatness pleases me. It makes the eye holes a little smaller, and if I were to do this again, I’d make them bigger to start with. As you can see, the width of the strip of fabric between the eye holes makes Mr. HelloYarn’s eyes look a little wonky. He may or may not have played this up for one of the photos.

I also changed the first K2TOG of the decreases at the top of the hat to SSK, which is personal preference again.

Happy Halloween. BOO!!

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