v-allknit

i had been postponing going to the market and getting things done, running chores and buying repairing etc, u know all sorts of small small things which don't take too much time but one doest feel like running around for that.

so yesterday i made a list of "must do jobs" and there were around 20 odd jobs i had to finish, out doors and indoors :-O.

i went to Rani Bagh, market abt 3 kms from home and took my mohair hanks and wool hanks to try out dying. i thought it will take time but this guy said he will give it to me in 10 mins. i choose the colors which i am not sure are good ones or not ( i am very bad in choosing colors, i have to always take help.) but it was nice to try, just try. i decided to get half of the hank to be dyed in one color and the other in two. the light color is not showing so good in sun light





but in little bit of shade, the color shows so good. I am not so sure of the blue colored one .... how things will come up in that. also what will i make of such less quantity, may be a spiral muffler !!!! i also think i need to read up about colors and learn a little more about mixing colors.




this is 2 ply pure wool, got it done in shades and boy the dye wala ( the person who was working with colors) did it so fast!!!! and his hands moved so cool and fast.... well its his job, someone sees us knitting esp who doesn't know knitting will think the same;-)





had been shopping for shawl pins too, with mohair i guess one would need light weight pins so here i was spending money again.




this one is really light and cute




sorry for the bad pic




i love this one




after coming picking up the kids from school, lunch and putting them for afternoon nap i got down to clean up a small room.... mostly used as storage place which had been overflowing with stuff and dirt and all the things which are not required and will never be used. and here is what i found. my needle work which i had done before my kids were born and at that time i was not into knitting so much. ( one of them is before my marriage)

this one is a gift for my mother in law i had give her before my marriage, on her birthday.( we live in Joint family... for those who would think what is it doing at ur place)



this one is my favourite. made two of these. my mother in law had seen this in my mom's house ( before my marriage and she liked it a lot, so did i) so there are two of these, on in my mom's place and one in our place.



this i made before a Diwali, for puja. must be about 8 yrs back.




all of these had been in this place becoz after the white wash we thought not to put anything on walls for a change. and they went into storage, soon to be forgotten.

my next mission is get few pics of the shops and market where i frequently go, craft and wool stores.

but today i still have to put my dry cleaned woolens in cupboard and the quilts are in the sun, have to put it in proper place along with lots of naphthalene. u cant store anything without that.

i had my share of knitting experience with mohair. i made a swatch from single ply mohair. and it has come out lovely. i have to gather strength and patience to knit a shawl in that.



the multi direction muff is coming out good. this particular project taught me something very important. the pattern is very simple. i had it with me for about a year or so, but kept on delaying to even try it out or make a small swatch, or even reading through the pattern. and now i feel i should have done it the day i got it coz that would have helped me make lovely mufflers for my friends and they would have loved it. so from now on i shall at least read thru the pattern, then judge it :). doesn't it look lovely with the KR web page back ground

last few weeks have been very exhausting. i was busy with kids, house and searching for pure wool. which i finally managed to get my hands on and now i am busy making swatches. finally i can also have a very light shawl in Mohair and flaunt it around.
and use my bamboo needles to make one of those lovely patterns.

This is Mohair, single ply. took me sooo long to make a ball out of this. one ball is 125 grams. i have no idea how long the yarn is bit it is about 20 wraps per inch.



This is 3 ply mohair. very thick for a shawl. i have to think about its use ( any ideas to help me make a project...) i am only making swatches so i will try a larger size needle.



this is wool, undyed, the shop keeper told something about "the count" and it was a new word for me for wool. It is 3 ply.



This is all fancy wool mostly acrylic, for fancy projects like mufflers etc.







this too is acrylic. i am trying a multidirectional muffler for a friend. the dying is good so i thought this will come out faster and beautiful.



Coming to my swatches. i tried a small swatch with 3 ply mohair and its very very gross. i used 6mm needles and now i feel i need to use about 12 mm needle for his wool.



This is a single ply mohair and i am loving it. just waiting to finish this swatch which doesn't have much of a pattern except for the lace edging. i can Wait to start a nice shawl. may be its going to be the one on Canadian craft website, lacy shawl. i had that pattern in my to make wish list for a long time.


These two are acrylic wool swatches. i will have to get the pure wool dyed first to make these so i thought why not at least try out the pattern.... impatient me!!!

finally i finished Sheldon the Turtle !!!! my sons were after me for soooo long and i was lazy, very lazy to finish it. didnt take me much time to finish, i was to make the limbs and the shell's attachment panel.

now its done and has started going places and making calls to his friends ;-)



here he wants to use the internet and my notebook,



chatting with his friend mouse





wants to call the other Sheldon the Turtles all over the world.......




And now i am making a hoodie for Vinayak,( something like Wonderful Wallaby ) and its done on circular needles, no seaming ( yeppppeeeee ) i am done with the pocket and till now i dont have a pattern instructions with me so i am going to make it on my own and of course with help from my MIL's sister, who is always there... just a phonecall away.




also i will start clicking the pic of my needle work .... done in past of course !!! haven't done much lately and i have one UFO there too, hopefully i get clicking the camera soon.... again i am being lazy. is it in the air? or its me? i will have to dig them up from the store room where they are kept safetly. DH was after me to put them on the walls. this week.... project "clean up the store room". lots of things will be thrown and lots of things i will find ... which i might have forgotten i had or had thought i have lost them.