This roositud business is definitely a learning process. I substituted yarn because Rauma yarn isn’t avaialble locally for me and when it’s Saturday afternoon and you really need to start a new project, well, mail order just won’t do. I missed one important thing in subbing yarn though. The roositud yarn is about twice as […]
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roositud!
you have no idea how i had to contort myself to get this pic Five inches of knitting at 8 spi doesn’t go very quickly. But I finally got to the Roositud tonight! I’m only a few rows in but I’m really enjoying it. You don’t ever knit with the contrast colors — you’re just […]
Anu’s Stocking
After reading Margene’s post on Roositud I knew I had to try it out for myself. I had always thought it was simple embroidery, but now that I know it’s a knitting technique, I’m all for it! I’m doing Anu’s Stockings from Folk Knitting in Estonia. I decided to do them cuff-down because I was […]
i think it’s gonna work
When I posted about the yarn yesterday I really wasn’t sure what I was going to make out of it. I had knit and washed a gauge swatch and decided that I liked the yarn best at 3.5 spi*. I knit it at 4 spi and it bloomed to 3.5 after washing. That was a […]
free yarn
I had some yarn in my stash from an impulse buy so I exchanged it for this! I had my heart set on black tweed with red and white flecks in it but the YT black has jewel tones for the tweed instead. So I went with this shade (#415 maze). It’s a spruce green […]
cause we all need more yarn
Thanks to Laura I ordered up a sample set from AmiAmi. There’s some really fun stuff…and the prices are good too! click on the thumbnails for better views! Starting from upper left and going clockwise there’s: AHS Slub Kasuri 900 meters of 100% Wool superfine (seems heavier than laceweight but lighter than fingering) […]