I've started Jolien, a Rowan Studio 3 project that caught my eye when the booklet came out. I bought the felted tweed needed for it, then didn't get round to casting on. I hadn't used felted tweed before, but like both the look and feel of it. However, it is slow going. I've got used to knitting with thick yarn, and this is sport weight (slightly thinner than dk). It's very slow going for a garment! Even slower when I realised that the recommended number of stitches was vastly too big. I ripped back and started with a more sensible number. However the pattern appears to create 80s style batwings with 20" of ease (!) Normally I would stop right there, but I've been watching too much Ashes to Ashes and will give it a whirl. My inner knitter is begging me to stop, but I'm going to see how it turns out.
I finally bought a ball winder, and have been making lots of perfectly formed yarn cakes.
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Oh, I bought a ball-winder recenetly...aren't they great? Mine has now been banned from the front room...the men in my life say it is too noisy!!! (Not as noisy as them when Rangers score though!) Fran
Ball winders are so much fun. I have to stop my son from playing with mine. I also had to put it away when my parents were visiting as my dad loved it.
Yes, it's very therapeutic. Thea, you've given me an idea - maybe I can train my Dad to wind my stash for me...
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