This entry is about knitting and yarn and is photo heavy, so I'm warning those of you who are so inexplicably *not* obsessed with knitting {just can't understand it; scratches her head and looks puzzled...}
First, I'm working on a very soft Oat Couture Bistro Shirt in Classic Elite Pima Cotton and Tencel blend, and here is the progress:
The pattern is from Oat Couture a small design company whose patterns are all pretty simple and classic. Here is the photo of what the Bistro Shirt looks like when finished:
As you can see, I'm making it quite a bit longer in the torso, and I may make both the sleeves and the collar just a little bit longer. I'll have wait and see what it looks like on....and, in case you noticed... there is a really unusual vintage stitch holder in each of the shoulders! I got these at the Sheep and Wool Fair last weekend. They're celluloid and from the 1930's. Here is close-up of the most unique one - it is shiny iridescent green with ruler markings along it. They don't seem at all fragile or damaged, so I thought I'd use them. There's something about actually using colourful, beautiful tools when you knit that makes the experience so sensuous.
The stitchmarker:
Also, some people e-mailed me a few questions about the yarns I bought at the Sheep and Wool Fair so I'm going to bore you with more detailed photos and descriptions of that! {bore? bore?? how could anyone be bored looking at fibers?}
Here are the dyed ones all laid out side by side like nice little sleepy lambs:
Hopefully the close-up pictures will show the beautiful variegations of the hand dyed and handpainted yarns, all done by folks like you and me, in their home businesses and farms.
All descriptions are from left to right and top row to bottom row
Upper left
2 skeins of pure linen - tank top
2 skeins of Cotswold natural white - heavy house socks
5 skeins of variegated green loopy mohair (boucle) - blanket
2 skeins blue variegated wool and tencel - T shirt
1 skein variegated blue green wool and tencel - ?
1 skein variegated green wool and tencel - ?
1 skein greens silk and rayon - 1930's bed jacket
1 skein purple/grey loopy mohair (boucle) - shrug
2 skeins silk and mohair very fine pale peach boucle - summer short sleeved sweater
4 skeins handpainted silk and mohair rusts, lavenders - Clapotis
upper right:
2 skeins of Cotswold natural white - heavy house socks
2 skeins aqua and grey silk and wool - boxers
2 skeins variegated dark blues merino sock yarn - socks
2 skeins variegated grays merino sock yarn - John socks
3 skeins very fine handpainted green/blue merino - Clapotis or other shawl
2 skeins blue variegated wool tencel - T shirt
1 slein variegated blue green wool and tencel - ?
1 skein variegated green wool and tencil - ?
1 skein variegated aqua wool - log cabin afghan
1 skein variegated dark blues wool - ditto
5 mini skeins Handpainted blue, dark blue, dark green, light green - ditto
2 skeins Pima cotton light blue - summer sweater
bottom left
5 skeins of variegated green loopy mohair (boucle) - blanket
2 skeins blue variegated wool tencel - T shirt
1 skein variegated blue green wool and tencel - ?
1 skein variegated green wool and tencel - ?
1 skein purple/grey loopy mohair (boucle) - shrug
2 skeins silk and mohair very fine pale peach boucle - short sleeved summer sweater
4 skeins handpainted silk and mohair rusts, lavenders - Clapotis
(sorry for all the repeats, but hopefully they're more visible in the close-ups)
3 skeins silk and Icelandic very fine spun lace weight natural - Russian lace shawl
bottom right:
1 skein vari aqua wool - log cabin Afghan
1 skein vari dark blues wool - ditto
5 mini skeins Handpainted blue, dark blue, dark green, light green - ditto
2 pima cotton light blue - summer sweater
1 skein dark aqua green spun angora with wool - shrug or one-skein wonder
3 skeins silk and Icelandic very fine spun lace weight natural - Russian lace shawl
1 skein Icelandic very fine spun lace weight Handpainted blues & golds - Russian lace shawl
2 skeins Icelandic very fine spun lace weight golds - Russian lace shawl
2 skeins blue and black variegated sock yarn - socks
1 (large) skein aqua greens and blues merino & silk - ?
The next time you see these yarns, they'll be in FOs or WIPs... I promise! Off into the world now. I'm having lunch in a far-away town with a male knitting friend! Obsessed with knitting? Me?
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