- Sophisticated :: Audrey Hepburn
- Pelicans :: fish.
- Flat :: stomach.
- Cheekbones :: high.
- Possible :: possibilities.
- England :: island.
- Jacket :: potato.
- Sunflower :: seeds.
- Hungry :: pelican.
- Accent :: French.
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I am working on a two-part post about my dyeing experiments adventures. Soon...
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The horrific cold seems to have passed on to some other locale. Our temp is at or above freezing :) So naturally, I finally finished my extra-long fingerless gloves, the ones to keep my forearms warm whilst reading in bed in our cold bedroom.
I tried to wear them last night but had to take them off after a couple minutes because they were... too warm.
I don't know, do you think it will get ever cold again?
Yarn: Colorado Yarns Durango (10-ply worsted, 50/47/3 wool/acrylic/rayon), colorway 5, a tweedy ecru; 1.3 skeins, 138 yds.
Needles: Addi Turbos US#7.
Pattern: Cobbled together, but I used the thumb gusset from Ann Budd's Handy Book of Knitting Patterns. I cast on a couple extra stitches to allow for more room in the forearm (could have used a couple more) and decreased them away before the wrist.
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Laundry day, hand washables:
Actually, these are all perfectly machine washable and dryable except for the blue socks, upper row, at right. I found out the hard way that they will felt (Pagewood Farms, Denali Hand-dyed sock yarn). But I am *practicing* using my Hand Wash cycle.
Here is my *dryer* for the hand washables:
I took this while the fan was moving to spare you the sight of how filthy the thing is. Really need to clean it... someday.
