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Supernatural has been picked up for an entire third season. Which means that my boys will keep kicking demon ass, and I'll have at least one tv show to watch next year.
2. The CPH back is blocking. Should be dry by tomorrow. Then time for the front pieces , so I can sew the shoulders and start working on the hood. Upside is that the
Black Water Abbey softened up a lot after washing. And my gauge is spot on. Even though I swatch, it always amazes me when my sweater pieces block to size. Must have gauge issues or something.
3. Gothic Leaf is cast on. I'm doing a scarf-sized version first. The yarn is a delightful sludgy color. Yeah, I'm a big fan of the sludge. In the right context, of course.
4. I also have plans to do a full-sized shawl version of Gothic Leaf using some
Euroflax linen in a lovely eggplant for my Mom. I've never knit with linen before, but have heard that it's difficult (i.e dry, fibrous, splitty, rough) to manipulate. So, I did some online recon to see if there are ways to make it easier to knit, and discovered that lots of people recommend washing and drying my yarn before I knit it. I
n the washer and dryer. Now, this is the kind of laundry I like to do.
2. The CPH back is blocking. Should be dry by tomorrow. Then time for the front pieces , so I can sew the shoulders and start working on the hood. Upside is that the Black Water Abbey softened up a lot after washing. And my gauge is spot on. Even though I swatch, it always amazes me when my sweater pieces block to size. Must have gauge issues or something.
3. Gothic Leaf is cast on. I'm doing a scarf-sized version first. The yarn is a delightful sludgy color. Yeah, I'm a big fan of the sludge. In the right context, of course.
4. I also have plans to do a full-sized shawl version of Gothic Leaf using some Euroflax linen in a lovely eggplant for my Mom. I've never knit with linen before, but have heard that it's difficult (i.e dry, fibrous, splitty, rough) to manipulate. So, I did some online recon to see if there are ways to make it easier to knit, and discovered that lots of people recommend washing and drying my yarn before I knit it. In the washer and dryer. Now, this is the kind of laundry I like to do.
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Hav you seen Heroes? NBC, Monday night, 9:00. It's really REALLY good! Of course, next Monday is the season finale, so it might be a crappy time to tune in. I'm sure the DVDs will be out soon tho
I am scared of putting yarn in the washer. I worry that it will tangle to no end, and I am a serious tangler.
I didn't realize you had to wash and dry it before knitting! You have more guts than me because I'd be afraid of the spaghetti mess afterwards. My CPH is drying right now, but I can't find my pins, so it might not exactly be blocked.
I've washed yarn before knitting a few times. The first time was a disaster! I just threw the hank in the washer with it's two ties. It got all tangled up!
The next time, I added more ties to secure the hank. Then, I zipped the hank in it's own netted bag. If you're washing more than one hank, put each hank in it's own bag. Wash in COLD water!
If you don't have a net bag with a zipper, just use one of those "wife-beater" tanks and tie the ends closed. You or your DH have one of those tanks, right?
BTW, the CPH back looks faboo.
Spot-on gauge! What a wonderful thing to have - wish it were here! And I'm so glad to hear that BWA yarn softens up with washing. Good luck with the Euroflax. I'm thinking you washed it carefully with lots of ties around the skein; if you didn't add those, you'll be de-tangling for a week or so.
Ooh, look at that CPH back! woo-hoo! Let us know if washing the Euroflax helps- I'm curious!
Oh I'm so glad your favourite telly show is continuing for you.
Seems whenever I get hooked on something, it finishes shortly after.
And knitting you can put in the dryer? That I like a lot.
Man, that eggplant EuroFlax is YUMMO!! You go on your GL scarf. I am loving this pattern. I have heard the same thing about washing the linen before working with it. I have some discontinued berroco flax in a pretty pink that I tried to use for something (can't remember) and gave up because it was so stiff...then I read about the washing thing. Perhaps I will do another GL when I am done with the current one...who knows.
I'm so in love of yours and Dim Sums CPH. I'm glad the Black Water Abbey softened up for you.
Your shawl is going to look so amazing, what an awesome pattern! Oh, and I'm really curious to hear if washing the Euroflax helped!
Everyone is so happy this week! This is a good thing. :) That eggplant color is to die for. Seriously. And I'm a fan of the sludge too. Your GL is looking beautiful. Congrats on your CPH! You're closing in on the finish line and it looks great!
the 'sludge' actually looks like oreo cookie sludge in milk-yummy.
Very cool pattern too.
You're the yarn pirate, Madge! I know I hearted that pink/black/white yarn over at etsy. ARggggghhhhhh!! :) :)
I love etsy. Can't say enough good things. There are a lot of yarn sellers whose work I really like a lot. I just bought my first skein of someone else's yarn day before yesterday. I linked it on my blog. It's a beautiful hand spun with teeny glass heart beads all sprinkled through. I could not walk away.
My one tip for washing and drying your yarn is (and I've done this all of once, but it was a good trick) to tie it up in several places and put it into a nylon stocking (just the foot part). Tie up the end of the stocking to keep it in there. This should keep it nicely contained in the wash.
Wash that linen at your own risk...it's VERY slippery and I know of many who ended up with a huge tangled mess despite judicious tying and placing in lingerie bags, ect.
It's not so bad to knit with if you use the right needles which for me are Inox Gray (teflon). They were te only needles that could tame the linen. Believe me I know of what I speak....I knit a black laceweight linen shawl during a week long power failure after Hurricane Jeanne in 2005!! You can see a pic on my blog sidebar "finished projects" if you like :)
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