Yarnivorous

G'day all! Hooray for me I finished something! I thought I would have a second something finished by now but not quite. It is close. DOOD! Turn that stereo down - it is vibrating my house as you drive by! Anyway, here's my new mittens. Are they not lurid? Mandie from EGMTK sent me the yarn - she said it needed to live with me. I started making socks with it but no, this yarn could not hide away demurely inside shoes! It screamed to be loud and proud and out! So I made mittens instead. Tip up, not cuff down. I love the way the thumbs striped. I knitted them during radiotherapy, so I'll remember them and the comments from staff and fellow radio-ers - people either love them or look away. I made them up as I went along so the first one (left hand) is a bit wonky. My sister-in-sin said they were made for someone with very long fingers. Yup, that would be me 8-) I admit that I am struggling a bit at the moment. DH is having such a hard time in Sydney, between the job a...

G'day all! I must be feeling better this week. I've done a fair bit of spinning (was halfway through spinning that up, got the bobbin full then two-plied it and it is thinner than I expected. Such is life! But after it is washed and thwacked into shape that may change... Fleece is from a Black Pines sheep CVM/Romeldale called Laura. Plying may or may not be dodgy.) I've also spun up 4oz of BFL. It is not as smooth as I am used to BFL being and I think I'll list it in my shop - I don't think I will use it but other people are not as princess and the pea when it comes to wool as I am. It is *very* me colours though. No pic yet - have to set the twist and thwack it yet. I managed to finish a fingerless mitt, of my own design, three times in 18 hours. Grr! I thought it was done then decided it was too tight, re-did it, realised I had mucked up the striping going into the ribbing, redid it. I would have almost had a pair by now if I had just done it right the f...