Friday, May 18, 2007

rainbow and 'where are the votes from the ... jury'?

Look what I did with the handdyed fleece from the knitting cow
took one colour and did a bit of yarn, blended that colour with a bit of the next and spun some more. Then added even more of that second colour, until it was solid. Then started adding the third colour. The whole thing mixed with blue/green specks for interest and unity (not very visible on the photograph, which also shows the colours a bit too bright).
What you get is a rainbow.


I will turn it into a hat.


Now for the next thing, I need your votes, please. It is a rather basic skullcap, made of the malabrigo I bought in Santa Cruz (soft!!!!!) and I am thinking of embellishment. One possiblility is a crocheted flower in the same or some other yarn. One other possibility is small felted balls hanging ca. 5 cm from the top in a crocheted string. Also of the same yarn.
I am giving control out of my hands and to you, my blog readers. Which of these two should it be. The one that gets the most votes, I will make.


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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Good, better, best

A girl can be lucky in several ways. One good way is having purchased some wonderful yarn as in:




rowan tapestry (wool with soy); malabrigo (wool) & silky sock yarn (wool, silk, nylon)

But better even is having purchased something you have needed and wanted for a long time, from a second hand shop, for less than a fifth of what a new one would cost, as in:



found at 'svalerne' this saturday for dkr 80,- (that's about 15 dollars)

The very very best way in which a girl can be lucky, however, is getting home from a trip to the states, and upon your arrival finding a package send from Finland with an assortment of fleeces in it, as in:



the white and brown is Finnwool, the grey and black Kainuu sheep. At the far right, some tussah silk and on top of it all, handdyed wool in 5 colours. All send to me, by the wonderfully nice internetcompanion Pirkko. Thank you so much Pirkko, it warms my heart.

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