Oogyknitter

So Happy It's Thursday!! These blog postings have been getting further and further apart!  For that I blame my very busy revenue-generating activities that pay for the wine and yarn that I use to recover from the busy-ness.  Hmmmm... Speaking of yarn - I've just completed the knitting on the GMS sweater.  I have to say, it took way longer than I thought, but I really like the way it's turning out.  I've got some ends to weave in, some blocking to do, and some lovely closures to sew on - then you can see it! Ironically enough, it looks like the pattern was released today as well!  I look forward to adding a project page with all my modifications.  (And I also wonder how this would knit up in their wool/tencel blend that they also have listed with the pattern!  The drape with the Lana is nice though.) In the meantime, this has happened: Remember last summer when Casapinka had that fun KAL?  And then she had another in the fall (that I still haven't...

TGIF!!!! Here we are at the end of yet another week! Today's feature: the neons, all ready for their destinies: Right - destinies, plural.  The top skein is visibly different than the bottom two, so now I'm thinking of dividing these into two separate projects, probably cowls!  No great ideas yet but will continue to explore the possibilities! I'm still working away on the first sleeve of the GMS sweater!  So far, so good! I'm looking forward to making chili in the crockpot tomorrow and visiting with the Ws! Stay healthy and safe!!

Well, it's not Memorial Day this year, but we made it happen - The Third Annual Dyeing Weekend Extravaganza!!!  LW and I were here, and we Zoomed with Neuro!!  What you see in the pic is LW's work on the left; she painted many of the dye colors onto the tubes I'd cranked for her.  (Neuro did a lot of painting as well and will hopefully show her pics soon!)  My stuff is on the right; there are two small skeins of pink and purple that I needed to finish socks for our horse friend, and there are three skeins of zebra sock yarn that I just poured the three colors onto.  Everything got heated in the dedicated microwave (except I just let the wee skeins soak in the boiling water just after I'd mixed the dye).  We had an absolute blast!! (I'm thinking of doing a Stephen West pattern with the zebra - although I don't have anything specific in mind just yet!) Of course there is a ton of stuff yet to dye (both yarn and roving!), and I was so excited about cranking tu...