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April 16, 2007
Its time to work off some energy...
While the kiln is heating up, I'm in the yard...digging..planting...mulching...and of course sweating...its only 66 outside accoridng to Weatherbug, but if you're just rocking in on the porch with a lemonade, I'm sure its quite comfy...but when you're diggin in the sunshine, pulling weeds, moving dirt, and hauling bags of mulch and soil outta the truck, you get a might bit worked up..still, it could be worse...its gonna be in the mid 80s later this week and I know I don't wanna be workin outside then...bah...hope ya'll in the East fared well with that storm that passed thru here...we had tornadoes in downtown Austin and it took out loads of old fantastic trees...gah...the humans rip out enough trees as it is, they're making Austin look more and more like Houston every day, we can't handle losing more trees...it was quiet where we live, just some rain...the soil is actually rather moist as I dig into it, and I'm glad about that...
So, more beads this week indeed...my kiln was making weird words when I was trying to get it to come on this morning...I hope that doesn't mean its little memory has fried...its been a good little digital controller for many years, I don't want to have to get another one and program it too...boo...but it seems to be working, I can hear it clicking from here...
I've been working on a few rows of this new lace pattern made using flax thread...Its a total change from using Cascade 220 with the tote...I'm not sure I like it just yet...but i'll give it a little more time...it might be one of those projects that I need to leave until I'm further along in my knitting knowledge...not that the pattern is hard, its not at all...but the thread, while I love linen, is weird and not inspiring...its monochromatic and I miss my color changes...I do believe I like the variety in color, even if its 6 shades of the same color...I like looking ahead...I feel like getting more flowers for the yard...I think I smell a road trip before I settle into the torch...
Posted by Donner at April 16, 2007 12:49 PM
Comments
I used some Linen recently, and I don't like knitting with it at all. I think I need a smaller needle for one, cause even after the wash it seems too loose of a knit. The main issue though is that I just don't like the feel of the knitting. It was hard on the finger tips, not soft or cuddly at all. I moved on to washcloths made of cotton, and while they aren't as cuddly as merino wool, they are MUCH softer than the linen, and with a size 7 needle fast as heck to knit. I finished 3 in one weekend.
Posted by: Tara at April 16, 2007 08:34 PM