Invisible pedestrian
I am clearly on the mend. Appetite is mostly back, I am craving chocolate and sweets again (before the thought of such things made me feel sick to my stomach), and I am feeling less tired. Hurrah. I did lose a few pounds thanks to mostly not eating for five days. Also, plain, boiled potatoes? BLAND. SO BLAND. Maybe tonight I can eat something with a wee bit of flavour. I’m even trying a small cup of coffee…
I have another blanket question totally unrelated to the one about my mom’s potential blanket… In November 2006 Kristal wanted me to show her how to knit. I went and bought her some yarn and needles and showed her. She was working on it, but never got very far. When I was cleaning up her room I found the yarn and needles and two teeny rectangles she’d made. Combine this with all the remnants of yarn from hats I made her and I’ve got a decent amount - not enough for a whole blanket, but a good starting point. My question is, being inexperienced as I am, these yarns are a variety of weights and fibres — acrylic mixes, alpaca, silk wool blends, etc — would it just be silly to try to make a blanket or something out of such a motley mix of weights and fibres? I’m okay w/ the handwashing bit (she says now). I think a log cabin may be the best way to go on this.
I made it out to the knitting group last night. We tried out a new venue that was nicer in terms of lighting, but it felt a bit anti-social because of the set up and very loud music. We will give it another go, but choose a different seating area.
This weekend I will spend knitting and relaxing. I hope to finish up a sock so I can have yet another lone sock. I signed up for a Interweave Sock-a-long (Rav Group) which is what it says on the tin — knit one of 3 chosen patterns this month (two of them are freely available). I want to get started on this so I can maybe actually knit a pair of socks in a month. God I am so slow.
I leave you with something good and something weird:
All photos are from Ghent. There are a few more in my Flickr set.
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I don’t think it would be a bad idea to make a blanket, regardless of the mix of weights or fibers. Most blanket requests I see call for a square of a particular size, with no mention of yarn weight. I think the blanket I have from friends has a few different weights in it, and I’m sure various fibers. I say go for it :)
Posted by: Kate | July 4th, 2008 17:55
Mnnnn, raspberry beer!
I also don’t think it would be a problem to mix all those yarns for a blanket, especially if you can hand wash. You can always double or triple strand to match the weight of heavier yarns being used.
Posted by: jillian | July 4th, 2008 22:19
You had to stick a photo of framboise on there, didn’t you?! Luckily, Leinenkuegel does a mean berry weiss that almost passes.
I say go for it with the blanket. You might be able to make something along the lines of the Modern baby blanket.
Posted by: Ava | July 4th, 2008 22:44
Glad you’re on the mend! Enjoy your sock knitting - they are looking great. I’ll treat you to some choccies next knit meet up as a getting better pressent!
Posted by: katharine | July 5th, 2008 08:56