Michael Stipes lost his religion. I'm losing (my fibre) virginity.
As I have noted in the past, I am a
self proclaimed yarn snob, and I only knit with natural fibres. A
friend has asked that I make him a hat with a yarn that has
reflective string running through it. I agreed, and discovered when I
got the yarn that it is 93% acrylic, and 7% “other”. To add
insult to injury, I'm knitting it on plastic needles, US size
17 (which give my hands cramps). But we do things for our friends
that we would never consider on our own. Meanwhile, there is gnashing
of teeth, rending of garments, and wailing and lamentations as I
surrender my natural fibre virginity and take up (and I shudder here)
with acrylic.
This is Lumio, from Schachenmayr, a German yarn, and it really does reflect light in the dark. Scary.
I've realised that this blog, while
ostensibly a knitting blog, is really about my stash. I post more
pictures of the yarn I've gotten (and which has disappeared in the
cavernous bins that house my stash (and I feel that I ought to
capitalise stash, thus, Stash)) than I post of my finished
objects. Part of this is that I while I start many projects, I don't
always finish them (thus the resolution this year to work on
abandoned projects, and of course, to photograph them). And since
most of what I make I give away, I don't always photograph it before
I give it to the recipients, because it's taken so damn long to make
it and I want to get it to them ASAP. And, of course, I'm all about
my Stash. I am my Stash, and my Stash is me. Or in French, le
Stash c'est moi!
I offer here a Work in Progress, or a
WIP. This is something I started, for myself for a change, and I'm
almost done. I have about 15 rows to go (and two more colour
changes), or about 2625 stitches, not including the bind off. This is
a cowl made of Malabrigo Mecha, the colours are Persian (the dark
blue), Polar Morn (the light blue) and Cervas (the red). Except for
the Persian, the rest of the yarn is leftover from the cowl I made
for my cousin Alexa, seen below (the cowl, not Alexa). I am using
leftover yarn, rather than adding it to my Stash (which is a Very Big Deal
for me).
And finally, Alexa's cowl, finished.
Done in seed stitch, as penance for my sins.
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