Well - knitted up one ball of the ribbon twist and decided my tension was off (it was!). And many thanks to Smug Sheep who let me know that I'll need more RT than big wool to do Anise. Frogged, to do a tension swatch (I am a lazy knitter and rarely do) and rethink a bit. I haven't really got enough RT.
Anyway, this has given me an opportunty to return to my many, many unfinished projects as a new year, new clear out kind of thing. I have finished the vintage cotton clapotis! Am going to dye it Fuschia this weekend - pics pending. I am working on "Milla" from Rowan Newsletter Autumn 07 on the train (its just boring stocking stitch but is knitting up quickly). There is more...
After a Yarncrawl with the knitting group last week I have some lovely lovely Pear Tree 12 ply merino in sky blue which is going to become an Athropologie-style capelet (from Peony Knits - link to follow). I've done one of these in hand spun natural dyed yarn from Orkney for an Australian friend, can't wait to do one for myself. I'll ball the skeins on Saturday sometime and start it at knitting group on Sunday, I hope. That will be my knitting group project - a little bit of Aussie sunshine in bleak UK February!
I have finished listening to "Friends, Lovers, Chocolate"; McCall-Smith works well this way I think as he's sometimes just a little too light for actual reading; and am now reading "The Rose of Sebastopol" by Katharine McMahon. Although it seemed a bit predictable at first (and still does to some extent), I am much more caught up in the story now, and the central character has developed a bit and become more interesting. In fact, she's an interesting central character because she is the shy, mousy type - I get frustrated with female central characters always being the daring, tomboyish type.
More knitting and books soon,
Anita
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