Crochet, jewelry and general windging....
It's that time of year. The trees are starting to turn color, the nights are getting cooler, and my allergies are trying to kill me.
So I'm typing this on my phone while the breeze outside makes the wind chimes sing and my fuzzy kitty sleeps in my lap. I'm trying!
What I've been working on lately is three circular sweaters for my three youngest neices - ages 6, 1 1/2, and 6 months. As I mentioned in the previous post, I had major surgery on my ankle. My sister, in a bout of pity, bought me some lovely cakes of Lion Brand's Mandala in a purple and pink colorway. "Wood nymph" to be precise (I just dragged my bag up here to look). It's nice, soft acrylic, washable and well-suited for little girls as the colors are bright and pretty without being garish. These cakes of long-verigation yarn are a thing right now and all the yarn companies have some form of them out. One of the biggest complaints I've heard people have is that the color changes are too abrupt. I can see that point, some colors more than others. I get around this with the pattern I've chosen and some creative cutting. The circular sweaters are well suited to multiple colors and if I find that the color will be changing mid-circle, I cut it before starting the round, thereby avoiding mid-row changes. I think that these 'cakes-du-jour" offer well coordinated color changes, without the necessity of buying six skeins that you will only partially use. When I figure out how to add pictures to this app I will include the finished and partially finished sweaters.
The other things I've been itching to do (obsessively look up stuff on Pinterest and YouTube? Me? Noooo) is start a Nalbinding project and try out Viking wire knitting. This may be due to me recently being asked to join a group of Norse reinactors... Though I had been itching for some Nalbinding before that (and left all my stuff at my house... I'm recovering from surgery at my Mum's). What the hell is Nalbinding you ask? It's another whole post... That's what. So is Viking wire knitting for that matter.
The jewelry making itch I think is probably due in part to my inability to go to my silversmithing class this session. My sister, brother in-law and I have been learning silversmithing from this very talented gentleman for the last couple of years. His studio is amazing, and you use the tools and patterns that have been accumulated over several generations. His studio is also up three flights of external stairs. So..no silver for Cyn. I will be lucky to be able to go up stairs by the time the classes are done.
Anyway... Allergies calmed down... Cyn is tired... pictures later..
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