DRTvini: Apparently, they make yarn out of New Zealand possum fur. Clearly, I need some.
Tessima: You do not.
DRTvini: I do so!
Tessima: No!
More possum hating from Tessima.
I absolutely could not be more psyched about Team Wedding’s upcoming HWN releases.
Super, super cool.
-Tvini, the evil GM.
I made another scarf, but didn’t have a model, so here it is on the sugar maple in our front yard. The colors are washed out. You can see them better here, and you can also see the nice variations in the yarn.
The yarn is Noro Iro, a Japanese yarn that’s 75% wool and 25% silk. The scarf is knit from one skein, done in a simple knit one purl one rib on #17 needles. The needles are massive – as big around as a fat sharpie marker. However, it knit up in one night (okay, I stayed up late) which is the advantage of knitting on huge needles. The yarn is self-striping. It gradually shades from one color to the next, which means I don’t have to switch yarns and weave in ends and stuff if I want to make something multicolored. $18.98 a skein, but it was my birthday, so what the heck. Plus 20 bucks for a handmade wool and silk scarf isn’t bad.
I’m definitely going to get some Noro Kureyon and make a booga bag once the decks are cleared of all the other projects waiting. First, i finish this lacy purple scarf, then the manly hat, then my hip-hop scarf and hat, and then maybe the Waikiki sweater, then the baby blanket I pick up intermittently, then maybe… maybe…
So I have what we shall discreetly refer to as “an upcoming project” and was discussing it with some other GMs.
[Jzara] Mangonels are fun!
[Zabari] you gonna use catapalts as well?
[Tvini] You gotta show me how to use mangonels, Jzara.
[Jzara] They come with instructions!
[Risek] Ooo, I bet that comment could end up on the list of Famous Last Words.
[Tvini] Yeah. It’s the GM version of “Hey, watch this.”
Ah, good times. Good times.
[Tvini] So, nadira birds. They’re sea birds. Do sea birds have down? I mean, ducks do, but do nadira?
[Smyrn] What a good question!
[Tvini] Indeed! I have someone who wants a quilt filled with nadira down.
[NewGM] I think all birds have down? Swans do, geese do, penguins do… usually it’s baby birds that are described as downy though. Hm.
[NewGM] Ur… can I point out if it’s quilted with down, you can’t tell what sort of bird it’s from unless it’s leaking feathers?
[Smyrn] …and even then, sometimes.
[Smyrn] I want to know who’s going to sit there and denude all those nadira chicks.
[Westryl] You said denude
[Tvini] This is true. But I’m just impressed they actually noticed the nadira birds.
[Smyrn] Yes, (Westryl), I said denude. It’s a word.
[Tvini] Well, as a member of team wedding, you could denude them.
[Smyrn] I have carpal tunnel. Sorry, must beg off.
[Westryl] Tattoo runs in, followed by a naked woman, as he yells, “Denude! Denude!”
[Tvini] Damn.
[Smyrn] LOL
[Smyrn] It was funny, but not THAT funny.
[Tvini] And finally, I have something I can livejournal before Tessima! Woot!
Just some Le Fibre Nobili “Geisha” yarn. I’ve got some in a beautiful cabernet, but apparently there’s a run on fuzzy black yarn across the entire country. See, knitting is really hot right now (finally! I’m in on a trend!) and one of the biggest things going right now is the “scarf in an hour” craze. See, if you get big needles and fuzzy yarn, you can knit up a really cool fluffy scarf without a big investment of time. You only need to know one stitch, too! The problem is that I want to make this scarf but I can’t get the black. Nuts.
On the up side, the Lamb’s Pride bulky for the husband’s manly hat arrived in the mail today. One skein oatmeal, one Turkish olive, one black. So I can make him (at his request) a hat to match his green convertible. Of course, if it’s going to be cold enough to wear the hat, it’s going to be too cold to put the top down, but it’s the principle of the thing. I’m planning on using the Hothead pattern from Stitch ‘N Bitch, a book I heartily recommend to anyone who wants to learn to knit.
I’ll keep you posted, as I know you are all on the edge of your seats!
Well, as I said, I promised my daughter her own little purple fuzzy hat, and here it is.
This was the same pattern, adhered to more closely. The difference here is that instead of a strand of sport-weight wool with the purple, I used a strand of sport-weight cotton, Mission Falls 1824. It was a perfect color match for the purple, so I got lucky. I think the cotton might make the hat a little heavier than a really thin wool (lighter than sport-weight) would have, but the cotton does have pretty good loft and my daughter doesn’t seem to mind. She likes it because it looks a little like the hat the title character in this book wears.
Hopefully after I take care of more wedding work tonight (love is in the air this month, I’ll tell ya!) I’ll be able to start on the other projects that’ve been stacking up.
