Mohair is FLUFFY!!

Cheesybabe bought round some mohair that she needed winded into center pull balls yesterday. I think I will be tasting mohair for a while! But the yarn was beautiful and I love any excuse to play with yarn. She also had three skeins of yarn from Calana Crafts that she bought while at the WWKIP day event last week for me to wind so I got to play with more of the gorgeous stuff.

I have managed to get a few lace repeats of my February Lady Sweater done over the last few days and I love this project. I really really really hope it fits me when it's finished as it would be so nice to have made a garment that works for myself!

And the Teresa blanket is still plodding along. Still the love the way the colours knit up and it's the perfect pick up and knit in between stuff project. I have had a request for a pair of socks for someone from the sock yarn I bought last weekend so I think I will finally attempt a pair of Monkeys from Cookie A but not sure as yet.

On the audio front I finally have another audiobook on the go. Alas, due to circumstances outwith my control, it is not the next in the Matthew Shardlake Series, Dark Fire, but Eifelheim by Michael Flynn. Still, I am really enjoying it and look forward to reviewing it.

On the latest Doubleknit podcast, episode #22, Erin and Jessica talk about Jessicas trip to TNNA and it's another great episode. I really like this podcast as they not only talk about knitting but books and films and TV and the interaction between the two is fun and natural.

Hopefully, i'll have more pictures of knitting to post over the weekend as blog posts are boring without pictures :o)

More Audiobook than Knitting

As the title says this post has more about audiobooks than knitting. I finished Tyrannasarous Canyon by Douglas Preston yesterday evening and it was a really good listen. Some of the voices the narrator did really grated on my nerves, for instance he wasn't good at female voices making them sound a bit breathy but the story was fantastic (as always from this author). The fact that it involved paleontology, geology and a little bit of the wierd made it perfect for me.


I did try to continue listening to KnitKnit by Sabrina Gschwandtner but it's just not for me. Normally I love listening to the Knitting Out Loud audiobooks as I find the history and theory of knitting really interesting but this just seems a no go for me.


My next Audible credit is due tomorrow and I already have Dark Fire by C. J. Sansom set for auto purchase with it. This is the next in the Matthew Shardlake series set in the reign of Henry VIII. I am a big fan of any Tudor fiction and I enjoyed the first in this series 'Dissolution' so much I put the second straight for auto purchase. My only grievance with these books is that they are the abridged versions. As far as I can tell there have been no unabridged versions recorded yet and it is unlikely there will otherwise I would have waited. Normally I wouldn't purchase abridged but these had such good reviews I couldn't wait and I am glad I didn't. Knowing me I will buy them all again if unabridged versions are released!!


But that's not until tomorrow so what to listen to today??? I only have a couple of hours listening time available today so I am just going to be patient and wait until tomorrow for the next instalment. I am sure I will find some knitting podcasts to listen to :o)


Speaking of knitting, I have to include this picture of the 'Teresa' colourway of Aran yarn I purchased from Calana Crafts is knitting up:


I am not sure my picture does it the justice it deserves but everyone who sees it 'in the flesh' raves over it.

New Stitch Markers For Sale

I finally got round to photographing, editing and uploading my stitch markers that I have ready for sale to my Folksy Shop. Check it out at www.charminglochie.folksy.com.

Now I need to go and make more :o)

WWKIP Day Event report

What a fab day we had down at the WWKIP Day event organised by the Woolwags, the Harris Knitting Group. We spent a wonderful 4 hours sat in the marquis outside the Harris Inn in Tarbert surrounded by knitters and gorgeous yarn. It was such a good laugh and it was so nice to meet up with our Harris counterparts.


The food from the Harris Inn was delicious and although it was raining at times we were nice and dry in our 'tent'. Here's some pictures from the event:

All of us enjoying some knitting and lunch.

Scrummy handdyed yarn from CalanaCrafts.


Some very artistic knitting shots by CloudPurple.


She's awfully good at this photography lark isn't she?