09/22/2006: "Wherein I Come Through With Long Promised Pix!"

For once in my blogging life, dear reader (readers?) I promised to give you the second half of a picture series and HERE IT IS!!!!!!!

(I'm practically breaking my arm patting myself on the back here. This doesn't happen often. It would happen more often, I am certain, if I had my own digital camera. I'm just sayin'.)

So, I left you somewhat hanging yesterday with my teaser homespun photo. The yarn, naked, looked like this:

But careful application of cherry Kool Aid produced this:

It's not as soft as I would like, which is the fault both of the wool (cheap practice roving) and a slight felting that occured, I think, when I heated up the water in the microwave. It also pills like mad. But, as an experiment in dying, it's nothing like a complete failure, and it's my first handspun, handdyed yarn. I can imagine using it for a felted... something. Though I'd be a bit nervous about the Kool Aid rubbing all over the place because no matter how much rinsing I did, there was still a slight pink tinge to the rinse water.

There! That is TWO pictures!!! (Granted, one was from yesterday, but it is still TWO! TWO pictures! Ah! Ah! Ah! (yes, I aspire to be The Count from Sesame Street). Now I will shock you with a finished object!

Here is my finished Clapotis! I used 3 skeins of Cascade 220 and needed almost every drop of it. It was a worrisome effort, let me tell you. I was very nervous about running out of yarn. But I had a tiny bit left over and I do like the way it came out. The only thing is that the edges, where I dropped the stitches to, are wonky. I missed a direction somewhere, I guess, and the edges pull in a way that I don't like. It's like the base for the dropped stitch isn't solid - instead there appear to be two stitches pulling away from each other. I would be much happier if this wasn't the case. If you think you know what I did wrong, please contact me because I liked knitting this and would like to know what I should do the next time.

Also! There are works in progress! Knitting continues Chez Yarn Hacker. I am working on this:

It's a lovely afghan (aghan? aphgahn? aghahn? This is one of those words I cannot spell, no matter how hard I work). The yarn is a kit from KnitPicks and I lurve it. Just about everything they sell is in this kit, so I get to sample it all. Chunky wool, worsted hand-dyed, alpaca blends, mohair, cotton... you name it, it's here. It's a gorgeous kit that I'm enjoying working. The pattern is straight forward and I've gotten the hang of it. It isn't quite mindless knitting for me, though it would be for someone more advanced than I am, but I love it nonetheless.

More pictures in the next post! Honest! I have them, but I'm saving them. Maybe there will be a guest star! You will only know if you tune in to the next exciting (?) installment!

Have a good weekend!

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09/22/2006: "Wherein I Come Through With Long Promised Pix!"