Knits And News
And The Knits Just Keep On Coming
(The Purple Haze Tweed; All pics enlarge)
Occasionally, I like to make my own tweed combinations. For me it's like painting, combining different yarns in order to achieve an amalgam of luminosity, texture, and color. It also uses up some of my machine knitting yarn stash––that I have pounds of.
The sweater Lola's wearing, is made up of one end of 2/32 Linea PIU mohair (the haze) and the remainder: 2 ends of 2/18 wool/silk, 1 end of 2/24 wool/alpaca and 1 end of 2/18 merino, from my all time favorite supplier, JaggerSpun! Here's a huge shout out to Chuck! The tweed effect, was made using the amazing accessory shown.
The Daruma Yarn Twister, has been around since the eighties (in my memory). I don't t know when the company ceased to make this gadget, but it was a damn shame, that they did. The twister allows for the the threads or yarns to wrap around each other evenly; you don't get "runs" of one color or another, as when you either knit or crochet, slipping the strands through your fingers. And the twist doesn't bias when worked. Valerie, I'll have the full instructions for assembly and use under the Project Working Notes in the sidebar tomorrow.
I've put up the first part of the blocking tutorial in the sidebar for Twist, speaking on the why and what of blocking; The how is next. Stay tuned.
Big Up Time
My sistahfriend Trina Michelle Robinson, knits together phenomenal occurrences throughout the African Diaspora and presents them on her blog The Passage Project. It's my go to for an aggregation of awareness and consciousness lifting news and events; check it out. It'll become yours.
It Hasn't Unraveled Me
Yes, I'm finally on Ravelry! Now I can see what all the fun is about. I very excited to be a part of this sub-universe, and maybe that's what's motivating me towards completion. I can't wait until I'm finished with the spring publishing cycle at work, and I get some time off; then I'll time to revel!
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How do you knit so much? I love your sweaters. I'm into the tweedy thing right at the moment myself, but I spun and plied it that way. Very cool.
Posted by: jessie | Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 11:03 AM
That's a beautiful sweater. I remember when you first mentioned it on your blog. What a great idea to create your own tweed. Hope to see you on Ravelry, I'm wandawoman.
Posted by: Wanda | Sunday, March 09, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Very nice indeed !!!
Posted by: Carolyn | Monday, February 25, 2008 at 04:14 PM
The twister is SO CLEVER. Darn.
Posted by: Chris | Monday, February 25, 2008 at 05:17 AM
prepare yourself to lose alot of time looking throughout ravelry! hAHAHAHA.
make sure to add me to your list :)
Posted by: Jen da purse Ho | Monday, February 25, 2008 at 12:38 AM