Yes please.
I have discovered the problem with taking up knitting again after not doing any for decades - you get better at it as you go on, so what you do later looks better and neater than what you did sooner and you keep looking at it and wanting to go back and do the first bits again. If you are a perfectionist like what I am.
Aaah the joy of ripping back so the first piece is as good as the second bit of garment!
I did one sleeve 5 times before I was happy
4ply alpaca yarn
For a fully grown woman
A woman after my own heart.
Awkward in this case though, since I am getting myself going again with a scarf (thank you Gus for the lovely pattern). If there is a way of redoing the first bit of scarf without sacrificing the better, later bit, then that is beyond my knowledge. And capability, I suspect.
Aaaagh
You need a friend like B - my friend who is ruthless
She just takes a piece and pulls off the needle and gets ripping
Heartless she is
But her work is so beautiful and mine so much better for her tutelage that I may moan about ripping back and knowing in my heart of hearts that she is right and doing things as they should be to help me get better…
< guilty frettity >
Are you over half way, me dere? Since you will be getting much faster as you get back into the swing, and if you are a nit-picking so & so perfectionist, you’ll be happier if you restart.
Look, I made three fresh starts on the recent hat. However, I now have a really easy project to embark on. A cashmere lace tippety thing. Sure, it will be a doddle.
Seduced by the beauty of the yarn, I was…
Gus
I am another who goes for the feeling of beautiful yarn
No acrylic for me - just pure soft natural fibres
I am aiming for vicuna in a while
Sourcing that in a land of cows and sheeps should be fun!
Ah, with me its horses for courses, and there are some really good acrylic yarns around for quotidian purposes. I don’t necessarily want a sweater that is liable to nervous breakdowns in the vicinity of s washing machine, for example…
Nope. I haven’t had enough time for knitting for that to be the case.
I will won’t I? I’ll do it!
Knit unpicking so & so, shirley.
Remember the weird multi-horned sheep I posted? This is their wool and it’s gorgeous. Natural, undyed, and soft.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ManxLoaghtanProduce?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=576077311
I slightly know the woman who produces it and her fleeces have won first at the Royal Manx Ag Show every year since 2006. Deservedly.
eta: I have no idea why that came up in foreign. It’s not in foreign when I click on it.
Lovely sheep. Lovely yarn, too, by the look of it.
Sorry about the scarf restart, but you will be happier, I’m sure. And that stitch looks even better once blocked. Worth it, honest ;- )
Hardly your fault! And I am enjoying doing it.
The unprintable roof is leaking, over the bathroom.
I am drooling about that sort of yarn
Gus dere
I wash most things in machine on delicate in cold water with wool detergent and fabric conditioner
Most yarns will wash - drying is the tricksy bit - I lay out towels and gently roll the towel up so water is gently removed
Then pull into shape and dry flat
Angora is the exception - it is dry clean only with an expert
It felts like hell!
Noted for future reference.
Oh bloomin’ 'eck, Fishers
Oh gawds Fishy one
NOT what you need
A pox on all leaky roofs
See above re conservatory roof here in the hovel
'snot fair at all, a leaky roof. Poor Fish.
We have left a couple of nice young men playing with the conservatory roof
After FIVE barrow loads of moss scraped off it’s bound to be a bit better
Or “nature’s caulk” as it’s sometimes known…