After spending the past 5 or 6 months knitting for gifts, it is nice to cast on something for myself....just because I feel like it. I love knitting for others, it really gives me a lot of pleasure but apart from the Westknits mystery in September and the very quick beaded necklace, I haven't made anything for myself for ages.
Now I feel like casting on all the things! And spinning all the fibre! I have been spinning a little bit every day and am motoring through this beautiful hot orange fibre........
It will be plied with this.........
I cast on a Spectra in two different Noro yarns. The first and only Spectra I made was a shop sample and wasn't in colours I loved. I really liked the idea of two different coloured self striping yarns with long colour repeats. It is an easy mindless knit and doesn't require much concentration or the following of a pattern as you just repeat the wedge over and over......over 80 times! So far I like how it's turning out.
I have also cast on for my first Citron. I can't believe I haven't made one of these yet...after all, it was the pattern that led me to Ravelry! I bought a bag of merino 2ply cone ends from Anna Gratton about 4 years ago at Dunkleys craft fair and I love the colours. I joined and wound them all with the wool winder and now have one huge ball. I will just knit until I either run out of yarn or it is big enough.....or until I can't handle hundreds of stitches of yarn that is as thin as thread!
It's amazing the difference lighting makes, the true colours are somewhere in between both photos. I'm using 2.75mm needles and I could still spit through the fabric lol, but it will be beautifully soft and light. I want this to be large!
As you can see I am making up for lost time! I have also been making some fabric items but i forgot to photograph them before I wrapped them up! I will take photos when they have been gifted.
I have had quite a bit of work flowing in and so will be spending quite a lot of time in my sewing room over summer. If you are interested in following my progress then search for Kilt'd on Facebook and look for a picture of a brown tartan below (weathered Henderson for those of you who would like to know). For some strange reason that only Facebook knows, other pages show up first that aren't called Kilt'd....no idea how they prioritise their search engine!
Finally, just to show you how the view from my craft cave has changed since the last photo in the spring.
Until next time, I hope you all have a great Christmas and get to spend some quality time with your family and friends.
P.S. I have stuck to my stash challenge and haven't bought any yarn but I was delighted to receive this gorgeous skein in the post the other day from a fellow Raveller who I sent some fibre and a spindle to earlier in the year. The colours are perfect for me and I am looking forward to knitting it up.
