Tuesday, November 07, 2017

I must be brief tonight. For one thing, there’s virtually nothing to report. And for another, the new issue of Fruity Knitting is up, right on schedule, so I want to go to bed with my cats and my iPad, and prop it on my knees.

One thing I neglected to say yesterday: Edinburgh has turned November, and I have started wearing my half-brioche Madtosh sweater. That weekend in Strathardle, whenever it was, when I removed the unsuccessful collar and repaired the neckband, was a weekend well spent.

I am sensitive to the wearing of wool. This one is blissfully comfortable. It’s also very cosy – brioche involves two passes for every row, so the resulting double fabric is as warm as Fair Isle.

I’m currently about 2/3rds of the way around the neck of Miss Rachel’s Yoke, working Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off. If it’s not a success, I can remove it and try something else. But I certainly ought to be able to report tomorrow on whether Buachaille is as comfortable to wear as Madtosh. I suspect not.

Should I knit myself another Madtosh half-brioche? I’d hardly need to turn on the central heating at all, if I had two.


Kate Davies has another post up about the process of producing her new yarn. Wonderful, as ever.

6 comments:

  1. And here we are Downunder with summer very definitely on the way - temperatures in the uncomfortably high mid-30Cs already

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    1. You must be further north than me, it's o you going to be 18 in Melbourne today, still very much woolen weather!

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  2. When you say "go to bed with my cats" does that mean they are both together with you at night? If so, what an achievement.

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    1. Rebecca in Minnesota2:42 AM

      Yes, please do tell! This was precisely my question.

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    2. Me three on the cat question!

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  3. Now we need a shot of both finished sweaters!

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