Author: denisemor

Colorplay

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I am now officially between sweaters.

Haven’t figured out what the next big project will be.

That might start to bother me soon, but right now I’m having fun playing with all my cool new colors 🙂

I also have a pair of “in the meantime” socks going

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Love love love the Zauberball.

In fact, I do so love the zauberball that I’ve made an attempt to spin some of my own zauberball-esque yarn

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here it is a little closer.

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Here’s another experimental skein that I think looks a little bit Noro-ish

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And then there are the single color samplers

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Fresh and fruity little mini skeins.
Yum.

May Flowers

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April showers have not abated, but May flowers are in full swing-

Azaleas
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Rhodies-
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Lilacs-
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and last but not least, Tuin!
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Yep, ’tis done!
(Unless I decide to do a little more colorwork on the cuffs, or near the bottom edge- maybe on one hip?)
Still undecided.
But it’s knitted, and it fits! (I just don’t feel like modeling right now).

Love how the colorwork on the yoke worked out.
And it’s kind of turned me into a bit of a food color dyeing junkie of late.
I just can’t stop!

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Help!

Baaaad Blogger

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Sheep are happy because the grass is growing.

Pups are happy because we made a field trip to Marymoor Park on Saturday.

Trees are blooming.

Peonies are popping up.

I should really take pictures of some of those things, eh?

But the days keep rushing along, and the blog keeps getting sidelined.

Sorry blog.

I have been doing some knitting,

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And also some more quick fix dyeing-

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Griff sure does make food color look good, doesn’t he?
Think I’m going to try and spin something zauberball-esque with these.

Maybe by next week I’ll have a plan.

Back on the Needles!

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Whew! It’s been a long time, and a lot of duplicate stitching, but I’ve just finished the yoke colorwork done on Tuin-

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And so it’s back on the needles to finish body and sleeves.
Somehow over the last 4 or 5 weeks since I took it off the needles I managed to misplace my size 5 24 inch circulars, so that’s a bit of a setback, but I think the rest of the sweater will come together pretty quickly once the y either reappear or are replaced.

Still trying to decide about sleeve length and if I’ll do any additional color work around the cuffs and/or hem.

It was a beautiful sunny weekend here, and I was glad to be able to get some fleece washing done. Going to do a little carding and spinning demo this week for some young 4Hers, so wanted to have some fresh fleece from the guys for show and tell.

And I’m really excited that I’ve made plans to go down to Blacksheep Gathering in Eugene this June.
A friend and I are going to drive down together. Already signed up for three workshops- Locker Hooking, Steeking, and Shearing on your Own.

Woo Hoo!