A fairly droopy day; no knitting.
But much yarn. “The Ministry of Truth Twisting” from
Countess Ablaze. Socks for Rachel, perhaps; she’s got the smallest feet.
And a colourway – I haven’t confessed this one to you previously
– from Meadow Yarn, for a MKAL The
Stillness shawl by Helen Stewart. Meadow Yarn is my regular source for
needles, but I have never bought yarn from them before. The colourway is called
“Lupin stems arranged in a pewter jug”, three skeins of a beautiful 4-ply
called Lythe fingering, 80% merino, 20% silk, 20% yak, utterly wonderful.
But this has got to be the end of my single-handed efforts
to keep independent yarn-dyers afloat through these hard times. I am now so far
beyond life expectancy that it doesn’t bear thinking of. I’ll photograph all
this tomorrow.
I’ve never done a KAL before, let alone an M one. My vague
feeling is that it should take up perhaps two days a week, and that real life
could continue on the other five. That seems unlikely, just looking at those
three skeins. The first clue will appear on the 25th, so I’ve got a
fortnight or so to press on with the EPS. That should surely get me to the
first sleeve, at least.
Reading
I drooped around reading Strout’s “Abide With Me” today, and
have finished it. It’s very good. Not cheerful. Shandy, I’m sure you’re right
that the first chapter of “The Burgess Boys” is at the end of “Olive Kitteredge”.
That would fully explain why I was so sure that it was familiar, when the rest
of the book wasn’t.
Life
Poor Paradox got shut into the sitting room this morning. I
heard her calling, and thought she was going into heat again, and called out
words of encouragement from time to time, without abandoning my huddle in the
kitchen. She was awfully glad to see me when I finally went in for something
else, and has been even more clingy than usual this afternoon.
I have five of Helen Stewart's shawls in my favorites but have not knit any yet. You are tempting me with this MKAL. I have done a couple of them and find them fun. But I also have way too much yarn to say nothing of too many projects in progress and too many things in my Ravelry queue. That yarn is lovely, though...
ReplyDeleteOh and I forgot to say that the last yarn I ordered from Over There (I am in Texas) took a month to get here, so if I did order that yarn I would be behind the KAL from day one! On the other hand I could finish up some current projects while I wait.
ReplyDeleteSee what you have done to me, Jean?!
Oh Jean - I joined that MKAL as well - with much trepidation, but willing to try:)! Let's see how we do!
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