Sunday, November 19
another ring-a-ding week ...
and I don't mean that in a good way! However, we've had a pretty laid-back weekend, so I do feel ready to face the coming week. This is the current mood at Chez Royea:
The princess has the right idea!
The big fella took this photo yesterday a.m. Sabrina doesn't know how she feels about those beasts bedding down and grazing on HER front yard!
There has been knitting this week, now that the crochet afghan has been completed and presented to the recipient (who loved it, by the way).
I used a simple Old Shale/feather and fan pattern for this scarf, over 32 stitches. I used Noro "Aurora" in colour #5. The yarn is 55% wool, 20% kid mohair, 20% silk and 5% polyester. It felt a bit scratchy (as does all Noro yarn) so I washed it, then blocked it out; the washing did seem to soften it up. I think it will be okay. It will look great with my leather jacket.
I also worked a bit on the Irish Hiking Scarf. I am using some wonderful MMMMMalabrigo yarn I had waiting in my stash. I have a few different balls of this, but I needed a colourway in which I had two, enough for the scarf.
This is such a beautiful yarn - so soft and smooth. It's not plied very much at all, so it's really ... cushy - that's the only word I can think of. The colour is "jewel blue" and it has such subtle variegations in the blue, due to the kettle dyeing process, I believe. Gorgeous! It holds the cables really nicely.
I also got started on the big fella's seamless hybrid sweater. This is just the contrasting hem (to be folded up) and a few rounds of the main colour. I will have to get a daylight pic to show the true colours - they're a bit off in this photo. The blue is dustier and the green is more muted.
I also still have the three pairs of socks on the go from my vacation. I'll likely take a pair of them with me on my business trip at the end of the month. Portable and easy to stow away in my travels.
Usual Sunday here - laundry, etc. One project I want to do is sit down and do a little inventory of my needles. I have a big round dog cookie tin for my circulars and I can never tell if I have a needle that I might require for a specific project. That is so unlike me!! Anyway, I have a PDA coming in the mail, so will input the inventory into it and then I'll always know if I have a certain needle. For the hybrid, I ordered a bamboo 3.5 mm circ and then found one in my inventory. However, the one I ordered is longer than the one I have, so it will be handy once the sleeves are attached to the body. (justification!)
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