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My new year just got busier, crazier, and possibly sexier than I could have ever imagined. I have been working on new batts and yarns for all of you lovely peeps for Valentine’s Day. I just got back from a major meeting and have my first wholesale account. Whooohooo!!!!!! Can you tell I’m excited!!!!!
New stuff I’m dyeing.
corriedale roving undyed
a whole bale of silk blanks
pulled silk undyed
I’m awaiting this to show up for batts …..
Sexy Bling!!!!!!!!
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Deyaneria on January 5th, 2013
Here is Fridays’s post…….. sorry techie difficulties keep me from posting it yesterday.
The sweater I’m making is Slippery Slope by Laura Birek.
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I’ve decided to knit another sweater. I am cautiously hopeful as my luck with sweaters has been……..really crappy! This humiliation only seems to happen with sweaters I make for myself. Sweaters for other people seem to come out just fine ….with the exception of the hubs first sweater …..I do not take responsibility for bad knitting there because he insisted I finish it even though I knew it needed to be frogged. Here are my past sweater indignities.
Sweater One: Alexandra Ballerina Top from Fitted Knits by Stephanie Japel, Knit in Lion Brand Landscapes a bulky yarn. The sweater was suppose to fit the bust but the front pulled up and the back fell down which gave it a strange angled look…….. And well……. bulky yarn just looked kinda bulky….Probably not the best look for a girl who is thick through the middle. I frogged it. This one was so long ago I don’t even think I took a picture. Jan 2010-ish I think. I still believe this is a GORGEOUS sweater. It’s just not the right sweater for me.
Sweater 2: Ruched Yoke Tee by AnneLena Mattison in Interweave Knits spring 2011 edition. I had to change this sweater by adding short rows to make room for “the girls.” However although the sweater came out very nice the fit was still wrong and it looked well rather short ….I used the bust size required and added 3 inches with short rows but my shoulders were too small for the sweater. It was too short for my daughter as she is long-waisted but she definitely looked better in it than I did. Therefore it became yarn again.
Sweater 3: Lia by Mandie Harrington I thought this sweater was cute, quick not so bulky and would help hide a multitude of sins. The ribbing would make for an easy fit. So I jumped in and cast on for my size. My poor deluded self after I finished the top sans sleeves and tried it on. It looked like “the girls” were trying to rip the ribbing apart even though the sweater felt very loose and clung to every lump, bump and curve. Cute Sweater just not for me……it became yarn.
Sweater 4: I took the Fitted Knits class on craftsy, created my own pattern with raglan sleeves for simplicity. Made sure to add 3 inches of short rows for “the girls.” I even created a duct tape mannequin for ease of fitting. I was psyched to create this sweater and absolutely crazy about the yarn. I loved this sweater….
Until I saw this….
Ok…… so maybe not the best neckline, and yarn choice and sleeve type ……for my body type. I’m hoping a revised sweater with a v-neckline and set in sleeves might look a ton better. The above sweater has not been frogged but it also hasn’t been worn since the video.
Everyone have a happy New Years Eve!!!!! I’m off to make some cherry filled red velvet cupcakes the hubs asked for.
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I admit I am the biggest christmas cookie fan!!!! I love cookies and this time of year I love to bake cookies. After last years insanity of 12 days of cookies I decided to be a bit more reserved this year and try 2 new cookies and redo 2 favs from last year.
Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!!!!
The favs from last year were chocolate chip cookies and biscotti.
chocolate chip
biscotti
Lemon cranberry with pecans dipped in chocolate.
The 2 new cookies this year were Citrus Gingerbread and Death by Chocolate covered Cherry ( they are really so rich that you can only eat 2 ).
citrus gingerbread
citrus gingerbread sandwiches with a light orange icing.
Death by Chocolate covered cherry cookies
Sooo gooey!!!
I had some issues with my oven temps. This old oven has always done great I had finished the chocolate covered cherry and gingerbread cookies. For the the chocolate chip the temp needed to be raised from 350 to 375. So doing what I normally did I raised the temp. However the cookies came out really weird and were done about 7 mins early. I have an additional oven thermometer for dyeing fiber and put it in the over. Although the stove said 375 it was really like 500 degrees. hmph! So I turned it down to 300 after 45 mins it read at 350 …..what the heck!!!! I baked the last of the chocolate chip on 350 because I was afraid to change it anymore. Luckily the biscotti was suppose to be at 350 so it got baked up too.
An update on the oven……I baked some cherry crisp dessert for tomorrow as the oven will be working on a ham for the meat eaters in the house. It seems to be a 25 degrees off today.
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The knitting on the socks is going a bit slow as it is traditional sock yarn.
working my way up to the first heel
I got all the toes done.
So I figured the some spinning I started last week would be a welcome short break. I started with some Opps basic blend batts and a wool/ mohair batt. I used the wool/mohair batt to make nubs in the spinning and tried to keep the bbb spinning very even. I decided to ply with a silk thread dyed turquoise. Here is what I ended up with.
nubby yarn
close-up 1
close-up 2
We’ve finally gotten our first real snow this year……The animals are not amused.
They didn’t want to come out for a picture.
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I received an early christmas gift this year. A set double pointed signature needles in size 2 (2.75 mm). I wanted to see what all the fuss is about with these needles. First I compared my signature tips to all my other sock needle tips.
My sock needles
From Left to Right they are Susan bates circular, kollege dpns, signature dpns, clover bamboo dpns, susan bates regular dpns, and addi lace circular …….all in the 2.75 mm size.
I decided to take all the dpns and make an ankle socks to see how different they are and if the type of needle has any effect on gauge. So I may end up with 2 pairs of ankle socks with some nice fair isle on the cuffs. This time I will make them toe-up. With the colors in the lower picture for the fair isle portion a good way to use up leftovers.
2 pairs of socks toe-up
Fair Isle colors
This should be interesting!!!!
Here are my two big kitties ……I remember in May we were bottle feeding these two.
kitten being bottle fed
Pork Chop in back, Houdini in front
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Peru Yarn from Blue Moon Fiber Arts
Erin colorway from Maine Woods Yarn and Fiber
Combed angora from The Fiber of My Being
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