Hello there, I hope you are well. On Saturday we packed a picnic and set across the country to Durham. We took Angus with us and had a lovely day out with family. I'll write about it another day, for now the focus is on the yarn. I wanted something small that could be stopped at any moment. I never find knitting easy on car journeys. I don't like to abandon knitting in the middle of a row, as we pull into the services.
Not wanting to use the cotton aran weight yarn, which is quite thick, I packed these 2 balls of Kartopu yarn in pink and mauve shades. They joined the stash pile a few years ago, fully intending to use them. The ball band says 49% cotton 51% acrylic making them unsuitable for dishcloths. I may use them as mats on a dresser, or under jugs, vases or fruit bowls.
The next day I checked my stash to find yarn suitable for knitting some wrist warmers. These will be for Mark, his hands suffer with Reynaud's disease. Some say that keeping the wrists warm, helps to keep the fingers warm. I couldn't find a pattern specific to this yarn weight, most are for DK or Aran. I popped into town on Monday to purchase more yarn, this one is Katia Merino Baby 100% wool. It is extremely soft and doesn't feel at all itchy. I'm knitting a rectangle to fold over and will check it fits before sewing it up.
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I wanted to buy more of this yarn it's somewhere between 4ply and DK. The purchase was made in 2017 and no longer stocked at the yarn store. The owner told me their supplier of Debbie Bliss yarn went bust. An internet sales site took them on but is so obscure that they've become lost in the ether. I'm sure with some digging I'll find her yarn online... it's just that you feel you should support local. Also you can squidge the yarn and it smells lovely!
So how about you, have you bought yarn recently, or are you using up your stash?
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TTFN Cathy x
both of the projects look so lovely! We are hoping to do more day trips now that the weather is getting nicer.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to make more time for hobbies. The weather has been really sunny and warm today, perfect for some gardening.
DeleteI like both the colors of yarn you've showed. Didn't know that about keeping the wrists warm. I had some issues with Reynaud's in my mid-20's with just one finger but it went away on its own (no idea why). Hope you are having a great week!
ReplyDeleteThey're nice, it was hard to choose as there were many shades at the shop. That's good that you didn't suffer for long.
DeleteI can't knit on car journeys as it makes me feel sick, I've got to have my eyes firmly on the road. It's a shame as I'd get plenty of knitting done as Mick always drives. I didn't know that about Debbie Bliss, I have some Baby Cashmerino in my stash but want more to go with it, I suppose I'll be hunting around online for it now too then.
ReplyDeleteI can manage for a while but not the whole journey. It may have been just this particular store, it's a small independent shop. Certainly when I looked at the website, the colours have changed.
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