Jan
01

This seems an appropriate day to finally start a blog, though given my difficulty in maintaining a diary I wonder how good I will be at updating this. I suppose the only way to find out is to try …

This is intended to be a blog of my fibre activities, not my personal life (I bet you are relieved to read that!) So, what do I have to report today?

I have a number of projects I should be starting in the next few days. Two of them are knitalongs, which will be a new experience for me. I’ve been swatching for one of those, the Estonian Garden wrap from Fiber Trends. My first swatch was using a grey Shetland singles (not spun by me), but that skewed badly so I’m going to save that for a garter stitch lace project rather than try to block the skewing out of the wrap. My second attempt was with a 2/15 merino weaving yarn:

EG merino swatch.jpg

I like this one, the look and the hand of the fabric, but I don’t have it in a colour I’d like for this wrap and I can’t get more before the knitalong is due to start. I do have some 2/18 white merino yarn on its way, so I’ll probably swatch that when it arrives. If it works, I’ll dye some for the wrap.

Comments

Carolyn on 2 January, 2004 at 12:22 am #

Nice swatch. Look forward to reading your blog!


Catherine on 2 January, 2004 at 3:16 am #

Welcome to the blog world, Czarina! That’s a lovely bit of lace.


Charleen on 2 January, 2004 at 3:58 am #

Welcome Jenny! The swatch is just gorgeous – the yarn is well suited to the pattern. What color were you thinking of?


Lola Lee on 2 January, 2004 at 11:07 am #

This looks yummy!


Kate W on 2 January, 2004 at 3:23 pm #

Hi Jenny! Welcome :-)