The completed opened yarn calendar.
Now what do I make with all these yummy colors???
Advent Calendar update
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Ladders
In all my knitted items in-the-round I have never, ever had ladders between my needles.
Not a knitter? A ladder is what happens to the stitches on the ends of each double-pointed needle when the tension changes. It shows up between your double-pointed needles looking like a dropped stitch. Click here for ways to avoid this.
I’m not sure what happened this time except that I was using three needles and the working needle instead of four and not pulling the second stitch on the needle as tightly as I should have while I was knitting. Plus this is knitted inside out and the laddering occurred in the purl section so it wasn’t as noticeable to me.
So the hat will be ripped out until I get to the purl section and I’m either going to use four needles and a working needle or switch to a short circular needle.
What’s your trick to avoid ladders?
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My Advent calendar
Mr. Aitch surprised me with my own Advent/Christmas Wishes calendar.
What could it be?
Hmmm…from Paintbox Yarns.*
Day 1…
10 grams (31 yards) of Soft Camel DK yarn. How sweet!
*I received no compensation from Paintbox Yarns.
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Stash busting again
Ten years ago I received this yarn as a Christmas gift from someone in my office. She knew I wanted to try felting and this yarn is great (so I’ve heard) for felting.
I bought a new winter coat this year and it’s not my usual red or green. It’s called Marigold (source).
Anyway I need a new hat and purse to go with this unusual (for me) color.
My green and blue hat just doesn’t look that good with this golden-yellow.
Nor does my Ruby and Charcoal purse I made several years ago. Plus it’s just too small!
After swatching the Lopi and holding it against my skin, it’s too scratchy for a hat but it will make a perfect purse. I only have 320 yards so I hope I have enough for something felted that won’t be too small.
And it’s only one color. It’s a BIG no-no to mix different brands of yarn when felting so if I want another color, I’ll either have to dye this or find it in a different color…and since that yarn is discontinued, finding some might be difficult.
No specific pattern yet for the purse. Any suggestions?
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