Knit, Crochet and Natter 6: Where there's a wool there's a way

[lazylinguist]

A thread for all woolly crafters, from total beginners to old hands! Previous thread here

lazy cats definitely have friends. They can also have boyfriends! Our neighbour’s cat has a frequent gentleman caller. She doesn’t care about being spotted out with her beau and proudly struts when he’s over. He is less proud. Every time we see him, he scarpers out of sight. I figure he’s either very shy or he’s got another lady cat and he’s not meant to be visiting our neighbour’s cat

Oh they are all so cute!

I can't believe the duck has survived this long tiztwoliz! That an testament to excellence if ever there was one

Rowan do seem to have a knack for maximizing the amount of wool you have to buy for patterns and leaving loads over! My DM looked at a Rowan pattern in felted tweed that used a tiny fraction of the colours it called for. She ended up substituting Drops Lima I think.

I'm just catching up with the thread now. @CrochetBug the diet stuff sounds confusing & a lot to get your head around! Walking with your friends dog sounds like a good way to spend time though. He looks very strokeable.

Love the other pup pictures too. @InTheNightWeWillWish yours looks happy in that photo :) The brocolli story tickled me

@tizwozliz the duck's doing well!

Ooh, I meant to say, @lazylinguist I'd love to know how your spinning course goes. It sounds really interesting, and quite relaxing to do the actual spinning part too.

Oh don't worry - I'm sure I'll be bouncing into the thread a week on Sunday, full of what I've learned @lucysmam

I want to know about the spinning too !

I'm a big fan of Drops yarn (apart from Eskimo which they've renamed something else). They do a tweed one although I've not used it.

I love Drops yarn too! It's my go-to when I want to make a larger project, because it's such good value for natural fibre.

I use drops for my amigurumi a lot because it's possibly the cheapest cotton out there. It's fab!

Almost finished my blanket. Just the rest of the border to go. I'm a little in love with it!

Is it Alaska Meryl? I was looking at that for a jumper but I haven't used it before. I like 2 ply wools. What didn't you like about it?

Googling it I think it is @FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack. I was going to use it for a blanket. It wasn't very soft -almost stiff even. Lots of knitters on the Drops FB group like it though. I used it for a shower mat in the end. I probably have an end somewhere if you want me to send you a bit.

The tweed drops yarn looks nice and so I’ll get some of that for my sweater. Sadly I haven’t got a spare £90 for the Rowan version.

Ooh, I see Meryl... Have to admit, that doesn't sound very comfortable! It looked so bouncy in the picture. I'll be passing by the wool shop over the weekend probably so I'll have a squish but thank you

I like the sound of the tweed NiceCardigan!

I kind of choke at the Rowan £££ prices when Drops is just so reasonable and good quality.

Actually I was wrong@FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack. Actually I think they're calling it Snow now. Polaris and Andes are both lovely on the heavier side of yarns.

Ahh, thanks! I'm off to have a nosy at all of those now.

We've just been to pick Errol up; he's currently stood in the middle of the dining table but will be living with dd2's favourite photo of him when he goes upstairs.

I'm quite relieved he's still in one piece tbh, his right raptor arm dried in a very strange position & the lady who pinned him used several techniques to loosen him up to move him.

@lucysmam Wow! That's so pretty. For a dead creature. Is DD "happy" with it?

She is, thanks @CrochetBug. He's gone upstairs now. A colleague thought I'd pinned him but I'm definitely not brave enough to try that on on something so precious to dd2!

It's still weird checking where his house should be & him not hanging about there!

I'm glad it turned out as a good job lucysmam.

How'd you get on today CrochetBug? I hope you got some useful info!

Errol looks beautiful!

News in the linguist household is that my mum's scans came back clear, much to everyone's surprise and relief! Great news, but back to the drawing board as far as what's causing her symptoms. Possibly coeliac disease...

Oh that's wonderful news lazy! Coeliac disease wouldn't be a barrel of laughs but at least it would be manageable...

Yes, true Flavia. I can't think why I hadn't thought of it before tbh, having been tested for coeliac myself. It turns out that various other health issues she's had over the past year or so are very common symptoms of coeliacs too.

Good news @lazylinguist

Thanks, yes it definitely is, Meryl
Only a few more rows of my first Goldwing sleeve to go! I'm liking the Fairisle cuff. Hopefully the icord bit at the end will be easier than I'm expecting. I'd like to have finished it and worn it on my spinning course - it's cold up there! (I live only just outside the Lake District National Park, but it's at least a 1hr 45 min drive to the bit where the course is!). Never mind - I'll take it and knit in the evening!

Oh @lazylinguist I'm so happy for you and your Mum. My mum is gluten intolerant. (Which is similar but not the same I think.) It's a pain but not the end of the world.

@FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack I may have got my days mixed up and missed my appointment. That threw my whole day off and I was tense and on edge all day. Then I went to bed at 8.30