Hi, Hello, Goo'dye, Cheerio, Bonjour and Hola!Oooh, people from all over the world are reading. I'd better make it good!
Here's some new yarn, blues and purples and fluffy nubs throughout. Some are dyed and natural color merino, others are curly mohair. Tons of fun to spin and again, I think I'll knit it up myself.
And what is that on top and to the right, you might ask? I'm experimenting with another knitted/felted purse. I made it in colors I love together: hemlock with purples, blues, magentas and more. The green yarn and the brighter maganta one are Peruvian wool. It knits kind of crunchy, but what a beautiful felter! Gorgeous texture. The other colors and the lumpy stuff is my own handspun and dyed merino.
I thought the bag looked pretty good when I finished knitting it, but it's really a knockout now that it's felted. I love the shape (worked at that a bit) the flat bottom and the seamless handle. One of my problems with knitted felted bags is how to solve the handle problem. How to make it look like an integral part of the design of the bag. This is a good solution.
The astute among you and the chosen few who are enlightened already will notice that one of my items from my Etsy store is missing.
No, it didn't get lost. Instead a clustomer with taste and discernment bought it. After it was lilsted for less than 2 days! I thought it wouldn't sell until winter's chilly blast, forgetting momentarily that others are currently enjoying same blast.
It was a customer from Massachusetts, however who bought it. I touted it as an AC chill chaser since it's a little one and next to the skin soft.
Think that's what I'll use the above blue sky with clouds yarn for.
Sadly, our catbirds seem to have abandoned their nest even though a surreptitious check with a mirror out the window showed 3 perfect robin's egg blue eggs. Too bad. But, as they do often raise several clutches in a season, they may try again in that spot or another nearby.
Eeek, the ladies among you dear readers, must gasp as I do at that concept.! Who can blame them for flying south!
Off to swatch for the scarf.
Happy Fourth for those who celebrate it.
2 comments:
Thought I would stop by and check out your blog after running into you on the Etsy forums. The blue yarn you pictured looks lovely. I especially like the tuffs of white. Come back and show us the scarf. I'd like to see how it looks with this yarn.
knitted gems, Welcome, I hope you'll return often.
I'm so glad you asked for a picture of the scarf made from that quirky, luscious yarn.
It, like the apricot one before it (see my lone sold item or earlier post) has been sold, even before I could block it or list it.
Hmmmmm. note to self, spin and make more, or let lucky folks buy the yarn and make their own.
The apricot scarf was listed for less than 48 hours and was probably a fluke though!
I'm glad you reminded me as I hadn't yet taken a picture of the scarf and need to. It's been sold locally and will change hands next Tuesday!
I'll post it here probably tomorrow (if the sun comes out!)
Stay tuned and thanks for your interest.
Margot
P.S. the weatherman just predicted sun tomorrow!
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