Then Ravelry happened. One fairly quiet afternoon in lab I decided to go on a yarn-walk (kind of like a google walk where you search for one thing and then end up wandering all over the internet until you invariably end up looking at some kind of fetish porn you never dreamed could exist. Like MOHAIR. Be warned, my school's IT department deems the site "adult content.") And while I was disappointed to discover that no one had thought to put this yarn in some offending orifice or other, I did find that a couple of bright sparks had decided to make the modest and demure Calorimetry, pretty stripey calorimetries at that. No nudity involved.
So I followed suit, making not one but two calorimetries in an afternoon. One with 112st to start and the other with 88st for my sister. Did I mention that the package I sent for Christmas containing the gloves and hat I made for her has gone missing? No I don't think I did, I was too busy looking at "yarn".
Pattern: Calorimetry from Knitty Winter '06
Yarn & Needles: Artyarns Handpainted Stripe Superwash Merino. Color 135.
Modifications & Notes: Changed the cast on number but kept everything else the same. The yarn is nice, very pretty colours but I was extremely disappointed to find two knots and at least two spots where one of the plies had snapped and been tied together. Normally I'd just shrug this off as luck of the draw but a) it ruined the symmetry of the smaller calorimetry and I NEED SYMMETRY OR MY HEAD WILL EXPLODE, and b) this yarn cost a freaking fortune because the woman in the store that shall not be named charged me almost double the retail. I like orange buttons.
But then what to do with the left overs?
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOk, type the words "adult content" and suddenly all I see are knit vaginas.
ReplyDeleteThere are about a million and one patterns for knit vaginas but they all involve fun fur of some description or another, and I don't know about you but fun fur isn't what springs to mind when I think about my lady parts...
ReplyDeleteCute! I love the first picture, it reminds me of paisley (which I love).
ReplyDeleteRe: Jaeger Trinity scarf, wouldn't you know, I used exactly 2 skeins! I think when the scarf is dry, the length will be perfect.
ooh, who's the horrendous yarnie store owner?? i think i know!
ReplyDeleteThat yarn looks very yummy. I have worked with some other Artyarn yarn and loved it, but this looks even nicer. Too cool that you were able to get three projects out of one skein.
ReplyDeleteLove the "yarn shop that will go unamed" thing, I've had to sensor myself after horrble yarn shop experiences too. Your calormetries look great together and the yarn that you were bullied into buying worked perfectly for them! Success!
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