"properly practiced, knitting soothes
the
troubled spirit...
and it doesn't
hurt the untroubled spirit either."
~elizabeth zimmerman
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Monday, July 17, 2006
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Back From the Dead!
Actually, back from a) wedding, b) honeymoon, c) icky, horrible virus. For more details, see my other blog. On the knitting front, I have been a completely lazy slacker. I did NONE of the socks I thought I would do on my trip. I thought I would take some great pictures of socks lounging around Westminster Abbey or Blarney Castle or similar, but when it came down to it, I was in thrall to the locations and never touched the socks. I did start a Clapotis (as if you need the link). Yes, I am the last person in the Western World to take on this project. But I was being forever picky about my yarn selection. I wanted a variegated colorway with good yardage that I could actually see myself wearing. I wanted a yarn that was durable and felt nice, but that didn't cost me a fortune. Finally I selected Lorna's Laces Shepherd's Worsted in the Vera colorway (why, yes, I do have the LL sockyarn in that colorway, as well, why do you ask?). It's so beautiful, feels delightful, and all told was just over $50 for about 630 yds from The Knitting Zone. Unfortunately, I discovered that traveling in the motorcoach and knitting didn't mix well, so I only accomplished about 5 repeats of the increase section. I've done more this weekend, though. I'm now on the second repeat of the straight section. Yay! I have much to tell you about the trip, and particularly shopping for yarn in the UK (London! Kilarney! York!)--after all, this is supposed to be a knitting blog! Hopefully will manage some pictures for you in the not too distant future. I would also like to take some time at a later date to tell you about some great online yarn and accessory shopping experience that I've had in the not-too-distant past. Real gems! I will try to blog more this week so that I can stop being so pathetic. Le sigh. |
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