Snow Singles
You know, it occurs to me that I haven’t shown you any finished pictures of my Snow Squall singles since I washed them.
The color, again, was from Spunky Eclectic, and the fiber is Icelandic wool. I can’t tell you how much I adore this color–gray wool with blue and green dye. But I do kind of wish it were a softer wool.
Still . . . here it is. Something like 430 yds of laceweight Icelandic in an absolutely wonderful color . . . the only problem now is to figure out what to DO with it. It’s a little scratchy for a wool shawl. Although, of course, my Pi-are-Square shawl was Icelandic singles…. although I don’t remember that being quite so scratchy. Any suggestions?
In the meantime, my Flutter-Sleeved Cardi is moving along nicely. The back is completely done and I’m just through the short-rows section of one front. Unusually for me, I’m knitting the fronts separately. I figure the entire pattern is spelled out by number of rows, so the likelihood of all the pieces ending up the same size seems pretty good. The color isn’t great here, though–the green looks very grayish, but, well, what else is new? (grin)
And . . . darn!
Well, I wish I’d known this yesterday. Not only was March Fourth the only day on the calendar that is a complete sentence (which, of course, I posted about three years ago when this blog was new), but it was also National Grammar Day. Who knew? (I mean, other than Sharon at Daily Writing Tips, which is where I saw it.)
And . . . could this be true? Could Friday Night Lights be coming back for a third season? Oh, I don’t want to get my hopes up!
Now, Chappy’s looking at his toy, so I should go . . . or maybe he’s looking at his crate, which seems like an even better idea, since I’m rather tired myself….
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Y’know, Icelandic felts really well and softens up a lot…
Why do we find out about these fun “holidays” a day late? (Flashback to that Single’s Day on 2/15…)
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I love the yarn - I’d make the shawl and hope it softens up. After all, you don’t necessarily have to wear it next to the skin.
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What’s your WPI on the Snow Squall yarn? I also spun singles so give me a couple days to measure mine, and if they’re even remotely close, I’ll send mine to you. (otherwise, it’ll sit here til I’m a shriveled old woman!) Then you could have more yarn to work with. I’ll try and post a picture before the weekend. Mine is also kinda scratchy although it softened a lot more in the wash than I thought it might.
Also, I have no cable and no dish.
But still - an eventual 3rd season on DVD would work for me too!
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Those singles are beautiful! I love the mix of colors. Wouldn’t it soften up with washing & wear. Snow Squall would make a gorgeous shawl!
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The singles are beautiful and would make a lovely shawl. The icelandic laceweight singles that I bought to make that HH shawl weren’t overly soft either.
I am not sure where to leave this comment. I figured out that you are the owner of the booking through thrusday! I was trying to find your answer to the question…do you answer them somewhere?
Yes, I love Watership Down and The History of Love! Glad you do too! Your knitting looks like fun…i tried to do it, I taught myself…i only know how to do scarfs though…it is a huge bummer, because I’d love to learn to make those awesome old fashioned ski sweaters with tons of different colours (maybe called fair isle?).
have a great day!
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Your snow squall came out very pretty! I can’t wait to see your Cardi - it’s one of my favorite patterns from the latest IK.
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I knew it wasn’t me! It’s you! Stop playing with that Snow Squall yarn. You keep calling more snow. We are expecting another 10 freaking cm tomorrow. Argh! Please, what incense do we have to burn to propitiate the gods that you called with the magical fibre?
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Love the singles! Singles really just scream shawl to me, so I’m no help.
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