Man, last night it was miserable weather. Raining, very cold, very windy - so Jer and I opted to stay inside, and I got off my butt and finally dyed some of this alpaca I bought about 2 weeks ago. The end goal is to use it for sock yarn. Here's what it looked like before:
This morning, after dyeing / drying, it now looks like:
Late last night, I brought out a envelope of wooden beads that I had purchased from
From Belgium With Love and made some stitch markers! I haven't decided if I'm going to sell them or keep them. Mainly because I used a very high-gauge wire (28g) and I'm afraid that it isn't going to be durable enough, even though I doubled it over itself twice. I think I'm going to test knit with it and see how it all turns out.
But aren't these beads awesome?
Over this past week I have two main FOs I've been working on: a pair of socks for Jer, and a sweater made of very soft Frog Tree Alpaca. First, I give you the socks:
This is the first time I've ever knit socks in a US 1 gauge, and it's a little taunting! Add the fancypants cabling to the mix and this is, I reckon, going to be one bitch of a project. I just hope I don't neglect it and never finish it.
The sweater I'm working on is just starting (my own pattern, knit from the bottom up) but I'm really liking the result so far. Mostly, working with the Frog Tree is AMAZING. This yarn is so soft and has such a halo to it that every time I work with it I feel like I've died and gone to heaven.
I mean really, look at that! SO FUZZY!
