Clever Knittas; How much of a geek am I? Christmas Stocking
Hanks Yarn and Fiber is Open For Business:
I went up there last night (for the first time in a month) to see it before they opened, and it is a beautiful store: spacious, bright, warm, welcoming, and full of goodies. I am going back up tomorrow to sit and knit and soak in the atmosphere. (Did I mention that they are open on Sunday? -- yay!!!)
I got a package from Amazon.com containing these:
Guess which one I opened first? I browsed through all of the Christmas stockings, of course, but I have to admit that I have been spending a lot more time working through the C# exercises than I have working on this:
This is going to be a felted Christmas stocking knit from Tilli Tomas Aspen (in Natural) and Flurries (in Skydrop). When felted, the little silver beads will pop against the felted fabric. I'm knitting it on #9 needles. I cast on 28 stitches for the toe and increased to 72. It looks HUGE, but I have no idea how much it will shrink when felted.
Another new addition to my knitting library, The Knitter's Book of Yarn by Clara Parkes:
This is a great book for dedicated yarn collectors, full of all sorts of useful information, as well as answers to things you may have wondered about. For instance, I always wondered why some silk yarns have a yucky smell and others don't. That happens when remnants of the chrysalis aren't removed properly during processing.
The book contains 40 patterns, but I have barely looked at them because I have been so fascinated by the information about how yarns are made.
Yes, I am a yarn geek and a programming geek. And I started my Tilli Tomas Christmas stocking while catching up on episodes of Stargate Atlantis on my DVR.
I went up there last night (for the first time in a month) to see it before they opened, and it is a beautiful store: spacious, bright, warm, welcoming, and full of goodies. I am going back up tomorrow to sit and knit and soak in the atmosphere. (Did I mention that they are open on Sunday? -- yay!!!)
I got a package from Amazon.com containing these:
Guess which one I opened first? I browsed through all of the Christmas stockings, of course, but I have to admit that I have been spending a lot more time working through the C# exercises than I have working on this:
This is going to be a felted Christmas stocking knit from Tilli Tomas Aspen (in Natural) and Flurries (in Skydrop). When felted, the little silver beads will pop against the felted fabric. I'm knitting it on #9 needles. I cast on 28 stitches for the toe and increased to 72. It looks HUGE, but I have no idea how much it will shrink when felted.
Another new addition to my knitting library, The Knitter's Book of Yarn by Clara Parkes:
This is a great book for dedicated yarn collectors, full of all sorts of useful information, as well as answers to things you may have wondered about. For instance, I always wondered why some silk yarns have a yucky smell and others don't. That happens when remnants of the chrysalis aren't removed properly during processing.
The book contains 40 patterns, but I have barely looked at them because I have been so fascinated by the information about how yarns are made.
Yes, I am a yarn geek and a programming geek. And I started my Tilli Tomas Christmas stocking while catching up on episodes of Stargate Atlantis on my DVR.
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