Blog silence
Posted on 07 January 2009
Between practicing using a drop spindle, knitting Ms. Leapmans swatches and paying close attention to the clusterfuck that is Israel Vs Hamas I’ve been ignoring the blogging duties.
But, I really don’t care enough to apologize. Here are some pretty pictures of what’s been going on:
This is as much of the secret knitting as I’m willing to show you. Mostly because I am too lazy to take more pictures, but also because it’s ‘secret’ knitting and if I shared it I’d ruin Christmas forever. I’ve been doing so much k1p1 double knitting that I have prepared my will and chosen the urn I want my ashes poured into after I gouge out my eyes and throw myself off of Hwy 1. If you think that miles of stockinette is murder, miles of k1p1 while alternating yarn is the hiroshima of the knitting world. The result is nice, though.
Today I played hooky and took the train up to Berkeley, then bussed my little ass over to Oakland to visit Article Pract. This is one of my favorite yarn stores in the bay area (the other two are Purlescence in Sunnyvale and Imagiknit in San Francisco) because they take a small space and turn it into a cozy room full of yarn, roving and color. They carry every brand of needle that I love (Addi, Inox, Grafton, and Susanne Ebony) along with many of my favorite yarns: Malabrigo, Noro, Buffalo Gals, and Curious Creek. Not only do they have all of THAT stuff but they also have some roving from Pigeonroof Studios, spindles and some bitchin’ classes on their schedule AND buttons that kick ass.
The roving (pictured above) I bought is 4.5 ounces of Pigeonroof Studios Superwash Merino in the “Venetian” colorway. Once I get more consistent with the spindle I’ll plow through this, but for now I’m going to end this post and eat some lasagna and have a beer or eight. 
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Ah, another news addict created by the clusterfuck… Pretty soon the news networks will have us all!
Horrible things in the world aside, the secret knitting looks like it’s awesome, whatever it may be, and that roving is absolutely divine!
Hmmm… I still haven’t learned how to do double knitting but my sole motivation for doing so is that I want to knit a longcat scarf! At least the secret knitting is good colors, could have been so much worse…
I’d love to check out some of those stores while I’m up there in February but considering why I’m coming I think it might be sensory overload!
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