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Please Assist

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

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I stayed up very late every night this weekend in hopes of finishing my blue shawl but alas and alack no. Sometime later this week it *should* be done. Until then I am contemplating my next major project-the cover sweater from IK Spring ’97 designed by Vivian Hoxbro. I have liked this sweater since the issue first came out and socked away the yarns called for:hoxbro colors.jpg
After many times starting this sweater I decided I don’t particularly care for light seafoamy blue color. I thought, when collecting the yarns, the acid was icky but have fallen in love with it in conjuncture with all the other colors. Definitely the pale blue is the one giving me the willies. I am also one of those color unsure type of knitters. So please give me your take on these two other alternate colorways I have come up with. NOTE the yarns in the color alternates were discontinued long before Hoxbro sat down to combine her color combo. They come from the Rowan Donegal Brights range:hoxbro alt color 1.jpg
or the even longer gone Rowan Light Tweed range:hoxbro alt color 2.jpg

PLEASE PLEASE shout out. Thanks

 

The Lint Project

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

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Last Year Sheila-mama coined the phrase Lint Project and I took it upon myself to send nice support messages. This year some of the previous ‘linters’ decided to go on a yarn diet/lint again and asked that I send reminders. I am really BAD at sending reminders. PLUS I never purposefully plan on abstaining from yarn purchases. However there is a lint support group which is kinda defunct due to yahoo blips. A new mailing group can be found here tho I strongly recommend going to the first and reading the archives. I am strictly in intervention mode right now. Even tho I am not officially ‘linting’ I am in the cleaning up my yarn room mode. Above you see the least cluttered area. It used to be one of those conference tables[snagged from my darlings workplace when they were moving and refurnishing] overcrowded with yarn and boxes of yarn underneath. I *needed* to have a sense of room and light. In addition to needing room I decided not to purchase any more yarn until I cleared the above area. What do you see?
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These are the listed WIPs from last month[some changes of course I finished 3 count em 3 work things since]. The socks on top of doily from last week, the Reef cardigan, the blue shawl, and a basket of yarns not earmarked for anything. Clearing this one little shelf is top priority. Next to it we have:
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My drum carder, a felted basket I made filled with yarn, and several projects worth of yarn. I have my work cut out for me. No Yarn for Me til this area is cleared out. Actually I told myself anything I break down and purchase will go onto this longer shelf to be knit up promptly but I can just see myself ignoring all the other yarn in the way cluttered areas of room. And ack Maryland. I can buy yarn and stuff at Maryland but feel free to police my yarn purchases. What? Your concentrating on Me Me Me knitting instead of work? Whatever happened to the Alchemy Yarns Poncho? Its done.