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Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

WARNING WARNING WARNING tons of pictures today. None of the promised shawl. Plenty to cheer up my friend Liz{I hope} Ok this part may not be that cheery since its *my* yarn and not hers. Actually what I got in the mail yesterday. From Alchemy Yarns the oddments from my poncho, some extra oddments to play with, and some mohair for a cowl. Work cowl not me, me, me cowl. Still Liz claims to like orange so here is a sunny picture for her:alchemy yarns oddments.jpg
Next a pair of socks from many angles. Oh NO my pretties I did not knit these. They were a gift several years ago from my Step-mother. Now Marian’s mum was a spinner and weaver. Lotsa looms in her house. And world traveller as well. She gifted these socks to Marian who gifted them to me. They came only with the note that they came from her mum and that they were purchased in Mexico. Uh huh:

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Did you notice the coarse kinda hairy yarn? The toe up and afterthought heel thingie? Here is another view:

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And see how the knitter made slightly different motifs on the heel?

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How about the slightly different use of color on leg?

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Hope this cheers you up. Shawl tomorrow I guess.

Poncho Update

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

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Well I am half way done with the poncho. I actually was so enjoying the knitting I had to rip back 3″ doh. Here is a picture from a different angle so that you can see the fringe which is worked as you knit. Well you leave a tail and knot every 5 strands at the end. Being Me I did it as I was knitting so that the edge stayed neat and tidy. I hope you alls are having an enjoyable knit

Cheers!

Finally!!

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

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Whew…finally done with the poncho. It took way longer than a few hours to do the edges. I like this one more than the bunting. Something to do with being olive toned and all those mossy and yellow greens in the bunting vs the hot pink, purple and spicy red in the poncho. Does the whew and finally sound like the knitting was a chore? It wasn’t. A very simple and enjoyable knit. BUT hello I wanna knit the Alchemy Yarns project soooooooooooo bad.  I get to start on that tonight. I did swatch it this weekend. Its Synchronicity a merino/silk blend and yummy to the max. The colors are the semi-solids and I hope its not rude to say this but upscale luxe luxe luxe Manos. Ok not manos but the same kinda color variation. I am sure I am missing some subtle accent colors since the site says its painted instead of done in a single dye bath. Please go check them out. They have several one skein projects that come gratis with a hank of yarn and the owners are extreemly nice. The yarn is ahem yum yum yum. You will get to see some knitted up wonderfulness tomorrow.

Mail Day Reports

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

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I’ve actually had 3 great mail days in a row but figured I would wait for today’s package. Oh isn’t that a lovely batch of yarn? It comes from a newish company called Alchemy Yarns. I heard about them via Knitters Review. The yarn is lovely but I obviously have not had time to knit any of it up. My regular mail carrier is off today so everything is 4 hours behind schedule. I immediately thought of Lizzy and her Pele sweater which is now going more fiery due to Carolyn’s masterpiece.

Next we have Tuesday’s mail which brought me Lorna’s Laces Helen’s Yarn in Purple Iris. I *had* planned on knitting up a semi-circular shawl for my little Angel but was sent the wrong color and didn’t get the replacement until well the day before big birthday bash. The lovely curly locks tumbling from the basket come from a Gotland Lamb. I put in my order with South West Trading Company a few months ago and washed it up right away. Sooooooooo lovely. Jonelle tells me more is available so give em a ring if you want any.
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