Woo Hoo, I found a new Podcast this morning, Mara Knits. just a short one to begin with, a very friendly and chatty 20 minutes or so.
Mara has her You Tube channel ready loaded with some tutorial videos for the new knitter. I 'fess up to not looking at them yet, but I will later, they were put up as a favour to some of her friends but are available to everyone. I hope that she carries on sharing, mainly as she is an avid sock knitter, and I like her relaxed style.
She has a knitting project on a pair of HUGE needles that look like rolling pins. I could not consider trying them, my hands curled up just looking at them.
My other first is an Indie dyer, Rosie's Moments, from Winscombe in Somerset. I was watching the last Bakery Bears podcast yesterday morning and her wool was shown. Well I had to slip over and have a look, and there it was a delicious looking little morsel, 80% superwash Merino and 20% nylon called Sprinkles.
I have opened the skein up so that you can see all the little speckles. I think they look like cake decorations, sweet and moreish.
The skein came with a little lavender bag so it smells delightful.
There was also a pretty little stitch marker, I will use this once I cast on.
I ordered this straight away and to my delight it arrived this morning, now of course Iwant to wind it and cast on.
I will be making socks from this yarn, to me it has a subtle look of Christmas about it, the right colours but not bold and in your face. I may have to try and make this my Advent knit, we will see how good my will power is.
On a down note I received 2 letters from the hospital yesterday
One was to cancel my appointment for the 31st and the other was to offer me a new one for Feb 8th. Both sent on the same day from the same hospital, 2 letters, 2 envelopes and the postage cost for 2.
No wonder our health Service has cost issues.
Leaving that behind I have finished the first Hermione sock, just forgot to take a photo. I will later for another post, I am pleased to say that my Kitchener stitch is improving greatly.
Today is Knit and Natter and I am looking forward to it, I have a WW11 sock to work on so no concentration required and I can natter with the best of them.
Now it seems to be tea o'clock so I will leave you here.
TTFN Pam
That yarn is so sweet and I hope you have a lovely afternoon x
ReplyDeleteI had a lovely afternoon, my throat is quite dry now there was a full house today with 2 new ladies.
DeleteWe have just had the same thing happen with hospital appointments for my husband, it beggars belief.
ReplyDeleteI admit to not being in the least bit surprised, in fact I expect it to happen again.
DeleteOoooh that is very pretty....and it smells of lavender...how delicious.
ReplyDeleteSorry about your appointment. Andy had the same quite often throughout his investigations-x-
I expect another cancellation later this month but hey ho we move on.
DeleteThe wool is gorgeous and I'm desperate to master making socks, but I just can't find an easy pattern. I've gone through youtube but some tutorials just leave me baffled. Do you have a sure-fire pattern for a beginner you could recommend? x
ReplyDeleteThe best pattern and instructions for a first sock can be found on the Winwick Mum blog. She ran a sock a long and all the posts are there to use.
DeleteAnother very good one, but is a paid for pattern, is on the Cherry Heart blog. I have heard many people say that Sandra's "my first socks" pattern was marvellous.