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Bamboo report

I have been working away on Blue Bamboo and on her leaf motif on the upper back.  My progress thus far:

Blue Bamboo 10-18-06 

This would make me feel pretty good except for the fact that I’ve already decided to rip back the entire leaf motif once I get to the top of the chart, shown here:

blue bamboo chart 

I made a couple of mistakes, you see, which will forever haunt me unless I correct them.  Plus, this motif has been such a raving bitch an extraordinary challenge to chart that I’m still not sure if the chart is correct.  Therefore, I feel I must knit the thing at least once more to make certain of my charting.  Sigh.  Things would be sooo much simpler if I didn’t feel I had to follow my vision for this garment.

I’ve also had a renewal of interest in spinning, and have been working diligently away on the angora blend.

angora blend on bobbin 10-18-06

Can you see the progress?  Can you, can you?  Well, say that you can even if you can’t, OK?

I have a couple (har, har–yes, I know I can’t fool you) of fleeces upstairs that are calling my name now that the cold weather is arriving, and I can’t help but think it would be fun to spin some singles that would go a little more quickly than this laceweight angora nonsense.

Oh, and sis? I can’t believe that you’ve never done any stranded colorwork!  Are you holding one color in each hand or holding them both in your left hand?  (For those that might have wondered, Ellen and I both knit Continental, aka picking not throwing.)  The great thing about colorwork, among other things, is that you can feel entirely justified in picking up one or two skeins of some beautiful yarn, as long as you stick to about the same yarn weight with all your purchases.  “Well, I’ll just include this in my next multi-colored project,” you might think.  You understand, I’m speaking completely hypothetically.  I myself have never justified a yarn purchase in this manner.  I’m just helping the rest of you out, is all.  All part of the Knit Sisters package.

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2 Responses to “Bamboo report”

  1. Ellen Says:
    October 18th, 2006 at 8:38 pm

    Yes, my failure to Fair Isle is a dark, dark secret. Or at least it was until yesterday.

    Anyway, I have been holding both colors in my left hand and that has been working really well. Or, I mean, for a first try it’s been coming out very nicely. I have to work on the tension a bit and get a better “feel” for working with the two yarns.

    But it’s all good. I’m enjoying the process.

  2. lorinda Says:
    October 18th, 2006 at 11:34 pm

    There is medication you can take, Sarah, or you can just accept that you have to do things perfectly. As Monk says, “It’s a gift and a curse.” 😉