Notes from a knitter

which in turn activated my sleeper autist, and we ended up talking about fiber arts, where i learned that this woman is part of the local lacemaker's guild and uses her woodworking experience to carve lace bobbins on the lathe. she then gave me the email address of the woman who runs it, because their group has no social media and only meets when the lead lady says 'everyone come to my house.'

while all of this was going on, another woman walks up. her partner was shopping for wood repair stuff and she heard us talking about fiber- she's a spinner who does historical reenactments nearby. period accurate, processes the wool herself. of course i ask her if they need volunteers and she gives me her contact info

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

Ant scarf is done!! im so happy with how it turned out. can't wait for the right weather to wear it!

lovely pattern by devout hand:

I’d say I’m probably an intermediate knitter, but I’ve never really made a proper wearable before.

So I decided to knit a vest for my Teddy Bear 🧸🤭 using a knitting pattern from a book I bought in Japan.

I definitely improvised parts of it — especially the neckline! 😹

But somehow it all worked out, and I’m quite pleased with the result 🫶🍀

#KnittingProject #HandKnit #FinishedObject #SlowMaking #MadeWithLove

finished a shawl, blocked the shawl, took pictures of the shawl

very, very pleased with this one. it's soft and drapes amazingly, the gradient flows like i was picturing in my head and i was able to make the shawl i wanted

pattern is Knitting By the Pool by Romi Hill. great pattern, not so complicated i couldn't watch something while knitting while being just complicated enough to make sure my brain stayed engaged. also an excellent pattern for a gradient. i could see making this pattern again in another gradient, possibly for gifting purposes

yarn is a handspun 2 ply laceweight 100% BFL gradient from Hilltop Cloud's Never Ending Gradient Club. i used around 90 grams for the shaw,and i extended the last section by 8 rows. the yarn is from the beginning of my study of consistency in spinning lace and gradients so i can see the areas i was looking to improve at the time and how i would handle them now. still i'm very happy with how the yarn knit up

so I said, "I'm sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about" and the manager made an excited face and said "hold on!!" and ran away to the kitchen

they came back with fun little zines someone had made and posted anonymously! they were full of library jokes and other neat and weird stuff.

and the new person read them as well and we all chatted about them for a little bit about who we suspected posted them, and then manager left and we got back to work, such as it is when its half an hour from closing