#shetlandwool — Public Fediverse posts

It's finished!! 600 rows of Shetland wool. Many colors and lots of interesting patterns. #knitting #ShetlandWool #Shetland

Next peerie started in bright red and gold. #FairIsleFriday #knitting #colourwork #ShetlandWool

A couple more rows this evening. 1 more row to finish the repeating pattern.
#FairIsleFriday #knitting #colourwork #ShetlandWool

Fair Isle Friday is a bit early bc I'm busy tomorrow.
Moved to 2 circs to let my knitting sprawl a bit: I was concerned my colourwork tension was too tight as I worked a lot of stitches on 1 needle.
Viewed from the back the tension is improving.
#FairIsleFriday #knitting #colourwork #ShetlandWool

More frogging and knitting again.
Found 1 new mistake in the re-knitted rows: have decided to carry on. I'm sure it's character building or something.
#FairIsleFriday on the wkend #knitting #colourwork #FroggingFriday #ShetlandWool

_Sigh._
After careful measuring I've worked out that my Fair Isle piece...is probably too small for the recipient.
So: with much sighing and harrumphing, I've put it on a scrap yarn holder...and started again with a larger CO number.
In theory I can come back to it, ideally for myself, after I finish the bigger jersey.
_Much_ sighing. There's no way to knit 300+ sts per row quickly.
Early #FairIsleFriday #colourwork #knitting #ShetlandWool #RegretsIHaveAFew

Finished 16-row pattern, and the immediate game of gold yarn chicken. #ShetlandWool #FairIsleFriday #colourwork #knitting

I've spent several evenings frogging back a large knitting project and winding the yarn on a swift. Dull dull dull, with occasional bouts of untangling.
Tonight I soaked and towel-dried the skeins to unkink them. Next step is a few more hours of ball winding.
#knitting #fiberuary #ShetlandWool

Finished mismatched fingerless mitts from Shetland wool, as a way to learn colourwork. They're assembled in 2 different ways to try out steeks as a part of Fair Isle type knitting. Result: steeks are a 💩 way to create a thumb. Better solutions exist.
I've learned a lot and am now applying myself to a larger test piece, before attempting an actual sweater project. Requires a lot of v rusty arithmetic.
#knitting #colourwork #FairIsle #steeks #ShetlandWool

Thought you might appreciate this @tombarkas - it’s the hat I knitted after making a donation when @RSPB had a curlew crisis month a while ago. Mine has gone a bit felty after a wash but that’s made it cosier if anything. https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/documents/conservation-projects/curlew-hat-final-pattern_23-april.pdf #knitting #hat #KnittingPattern #curlew #rspb #ShetlandWool