With two weeks left before school started I decided I better do some traveling! I drove up to the Funny Farm and did some trichromatic samples with Marie. If you read Marie's blog you know that I was just a little clumsy! We're trying to work our way through our Sabracon dyes.
You get a lot of muddy neutrals - which I actually like - working with 10s so I'm thinking about trying a similar triangle but using 100, 80/20, 60/40, etc. Would save on dye and I think give a very good result. Of course I haven't tried it yet. So stay tuned.
The next week found me heading up to Marie's Monday night and Tuesday morning we pulled into ....
After a short detour at Southampton Quilts, more about that later, we arrived at WEBS!
I love their Eight Twos, a really great warp spun cotton, very similar to the 2/8 from Maurice Brassard. It doesn't shed like other unmercerized cottons and has a wonderful hand. I bought 3/2 perle for a blanket for Jackson. I also picked up several different cottons, spiral, 8/4 rug warp, etc for dyeing.
Once home there was major shopping at Countrywool. I picked out some Heilo for Eunny Jang's Tangled Yoke Cardigan and Cascade220 for Ruthie Nussbaum's Minimalist Cardigan.
Some Fixation for Claudia's top down Wee Raglan (scroll way down) for Jackson fell into my bag too.
I've already finished the neckband and the short rows at the back of the neck. Now It's smooth sailing down the yoke, increasing every other row.
Sure, there were Margaritas and yarn, but really, can you beat a scene as peaceful and idyllic as this?
I'll let you in on a secret. I have a nifty new camera with a digital video setting and, just between us, I have plenty of material to make a few people squirm.....
Depending on how the blackmail proposal goes you might get to hear Marie singing selections from The Sound of Music as she models Claudia's new hat pattern.
What a great way to finish up the summer! School started this week for teachers, ninth graders come for orientation tomorrow, and after a four-day-weekend school is open for everyone.
Video???? Me thinks you lost your sense of humor along with all that weight you lost. You've managed to get me back with those awful photos. We're even now, ok? No music videos please, or the other things I was doing and didn't know you were capturing those moments on camera. I am your slave.
ReplyDeleteBlackmail! Now you're talkin' :) You might not need to go back to work after all.
ReplyDeleteAnd you've lost weight this summer! What's your secret?!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'd love to hear Marie sing! Sure wish I could have been there with you three -- looks like fun.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great time!
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