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April 6th, 2008

04:38 pm - Only one FO, but lots of progress Back in Australia now, and I will have to confess only finish one project during my trip. And that is a green cable beanie using some reclaimed lace weight yarn which I plied into a fingering weight yarn: The other two projects are making progress though. The front of the Jo Sharp rib and cable is almost done! Since I have come back, I have been going on a spinge. Yep, a spinge. That's what my freshly-married husband calls a spinning binge. Result of the spinge? Five skeins of yarn... Current Location: Canberra, Australia Tags: beanie, spinge, spinning

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February 21st, 2008

04:12 pm - Ravelry and a beanie FO Oh dear. Within 24 hours of getting my Ravelry account, and I have already gone apeshit. *sigh*. I need a job. Something to take me away from yarn pr0n and knitting needles! Anything! On other matters, this is the beanie that I knit for the freshly-married husband: My brief was that I was to make a beanie that looked rustic and earthy. You know, something that would be worn by a self-respecting tofu-munching hippy. Nothing twee or pretty. So I chose three fibres in my stash: a rust coloured merino, dark brown merino and undyed brown alpaca. I first hand-carded it to blend the fibres, then spun the yarn from big fluffy rolags in the 'woollen' (vs 'worsted') style. It took forever, and is quite a different experience from spinning from commercial sliver. It's worth it, though, and the yarn was distinctively different. Much more loft and a 'spongier' texture. (edited version x-posted in to weekend_whirls) Current Location: Canberra, Australia Tags: beanie, handspun, knitting, ravelry

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