I just realized today that everyone must think all I do is spin and knit. I actually do a little weaving - narrow wares, to be precise. For me, that includes tabletweaving (also know as card weaving), inkle weaving (like tablet weaving, only you have just two permutations the warp threads can take, versus ... quite a few for tabletweaving), and finger loop braiding. This is the beginning of a handle for a bag that I knit for myself yesterday to use when I go shopping. I realized on my trip to the UK that I'm a poor world citizen and am learning what I can do to consume less, consume locallly manufactured/grown items, and recycle more.
I plan to start making Morsbags: http://www.morsbags.com/ over the next few weeks to hand out to friends, coworkers, and strangers to help reduce (and maybe someday eliminate) the use of plastic shopping bags.
I knew I didn't have enough of either color cotton yarn, so I did the bottom and edge in the dark color and the main bag with the fun color. This both showcases the varigated yarn and also puts the dark yarn in the places that are most likely to get dirty.
19 May 2008
13 May 2008
Shawl almost done
My first "spinning for a project" is nearing completion. This is a Pi shawl based on the one in A Gathering of Lace, but with a different final pattern repeat. I'd planned to knit this while in England, but since we didn't do many train trips, just the Tube, I didn't really have chances to work on it. I hope to have it done by the end of May. (Everyone needs a goal!)
12 May 2008
London Bridge Dragon
What have I been up to? A month in London, more bronchitis, more upheavals at work, and knitting. When I can, I'll take a picture of my not quite finished pi shawl I took with me. And then maybe we can answer "why'd I spin so much yarn if the whole thing only takes two balls?"
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