Kung Fu Knitting

I made this little scarf lickety-split last weekend. It's left over fingering weight cashmere in Nutmeg that I got from Colourmart Cashmere . Some people haven't like their yarn, but I have to say that it softens and fluffs up beautifully when washed. I mean, I crocheted this on a USK hook. The bloom is incredible. People who use cashmere frequently also claim that you can put it in the washer (maybe dryer, too)! If you are interested, the formula for this scarf goes like this: Chain 130, SC 8 rows or caston with the SC foundation and SC 7 rows. The border is made by chaining 5 stitches and SC into second stitch all the way around the edge of scarf. Weave in ends. Tada! If you use a yarn that will not bloom like this, it will look much lacier. Warning: Don't read the following if my personal entries have been TMI lately for you. Soap opera time: Faux-SO is coming back from his trip sooner because he wants to help me get everything settled. When I first found out about every...

Several things have happened this week to make my life exceedingly painful and yet better in the long run. *I found out that Faux-SO has been having an affair with a woman that he worked with for at least 6 months.* I'm not going to detail it all here, but let me just tell you, he is a Dog. Everything that has been coming out of his mouth for the last who-knows-how-long has been a lie. (yet another big fat liar in my life) So many things make sense now.

I am glad to finally have a new FO to post about. It's my cable top buttonhole bag for Project Spectrum April. Yarn: Plymouth Galway (3 skeins), scraps of accent yarn Needles: US 10.5 24 inch circular Pattern: Original I had a vision of this bag in my mind as I was knitting it and it did't quite pan out the way I had hoped (hmm it looks a lot like the before picture!), but that's the fun of felting (especially untested patterns). I'm quite suprised really, I thought the cable top was going to shrink a lot more given the orientation of the stitches. Anyway, this experiement has given me the material to make a better bag pattern for the next one. One of the things that you rarely here of when felting, especially bags, is the problem of the fabric felting too fast. I usually expect to run two complete washes with every project, but when I pulled this little bag out of the cold rinse it had already felted *too* much. Incredible. I've felted with Galway before and new...

Okay so with Faux-SO gone to Italy and me being on vacation with no where to go to, I have been getting a lot of stuff done. I crossed off every bullet on my weekly todo list this Wednesday, and I have been knitting quite a bit. One of the chores I got done was sending off something quite overdue. Presents So I showed you this little guy in the last post, but what I didn't tell you (and what I hate to admit) is that this scarf is a Christmas present. I couldn't get the yarn for it until April. I crocheted it up lickety split, but it's still getting sent out in May. Lucky for me I had a card I made lying around that matched perfectly. Spring, yet somber. It has that congragilartory yet too bad it's so darn late aire about it. There's one benefit of making a living doing arts and crafts ;-) Project Spectrum Bag Basically this bag has been done for a week, but I didn't quite know how to end it. Well last night after sn'b, the ending came to me. And voila! I fe...

Is this or is this not the biggest ball of yarn that you've ever laid eyes upon? Okay, you might have seen larger, but I certainly haven't. It's quite a glorious bit of yarnage if I must say so. It's a bit of Schaefer heaven chiamata Kathleen and it's so nice and spongy, soft. The colors are fabulous, too eventhough it's not showing up well in this picture. And the smell of it is unique. It smells a little vinegary or something to that effect, but it's really pleasant as it's an actual smell that I associate with one of my LYSs. Really I shouldn't be buying new yarns, especially not for felting (I am still working on that Very Large Bag and another one, too. I'm ridiculous, aren't I?). I mean I need to be saving money for moving and living on my own. But I bought this lovely yarn for a knitting exchange that I am in. It's the Tote Exchange , brought to us by the people who did the international scarf exchange this past winter. And if yo...