Fiber Dreams

Swift

I got the package today from the swift people. It took some doing, but I finally managed to coerce it out of the box. And… They sent me a smaller, but brand new swift! You could have knocked me over with a feather when I opened the box to find a replacement swift instead of my old one.

Not only that, but it works, too. (You can believe I tested it before I sent them a thank you note.) It worked as smoothly and nicely as my original one used to, before all the trouble began earlier this year. The swift turned easily, and made a nicely tensioned ball of yarn out of my hank of ribbon. I have a project in mind for this ribbon, but I won’t be starting it until I finish something. The yarn is a perfect match to a skirt Mom bought me when she was visiting last month.

I do wonder, though, why they included this length of twine in the package. There’s no blurb sheet, no explanation of any sort. Weird.

The moral of the story: sometimes there are benefits to being an unreasonable b**ch. Teehee.

Socks for Dave

I sort of finished up the first sock for Dave this afternoon at lunch. He tried it on. The foot fits quite well, but it’s a little loose in the ankle. I cast on for the second sock. I’ll do the foot the same way as in this sock, but I’ll change the ankle a little… Right now I’m thinking that if I knit higher up the cuff with the pattern stitch, then decrease two stitches and work a 2×2 rib instead of the 1×1 rib that I may get a better fitting sock. We’ll see. There’s a little yarn left, so I know I’ll have enough. When I’ve done that, I’ll have him try both socks on to compare them, then I’ll fix the top of, hopefully, just one sock.

Yes, that’s my short little foot sitting there on the completed sock. I lined my heel up with the edge of the sock heel. Short, isn’t it?

What season?

I haven’t done one of these for a while. The results of this one are perfect.

You Belong in Fall

Intelligent, introspective, and quite expressive at times… You appreciate the changes in color, climate, and mood that fall brings Whether you’re carving wacky pumpkins or taking long drives, autumn is a favorite time of year for you

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