I always feel slightly uncomfortable talking about yarn brands, shops etc. It’s as if I’ve been hired to promote them, which I’m not. I just want to share information that may be of interest to other knitters and spinners. Several years ago, we spent a summer holiday in Devon and camped close to John Arbon Textiles without knowing they were there! I wish someone had shared the information with me so I could have visited them.
Fortunately there is always the internet. I’ll give you a link to their website at the end of this post. But before you zap away from my blog, I’ll quickly show you what I’m going to knit from the pink mini-skeins. A pink version of Morbihan, a shawl I first designed for a different yarn in a gradient of blues. This is the original.
I keep coming back to look at this…I do love that gradation! I’ve queued the pattern on Rav…my knitting has been kind of bogged down lately, I have too many things on the needles and too many of those have, ahem, issues that need to be addressed (like the sweater on which my gauge went from 14/4″ to 17/4″. I kept thinking it seemed a bit…huge. bah!
That’s too bad about your knitting being in a slump. I know what it’s like and have times like these, too. Maybe start something new to cheer you up, and deal with the problematic projects one by one?
Yes, thanks, it will be fine. Once I get a day to myself in which no one thinks they need me, I will get some of it sorted. I keep socks on the needles all the time so if all I get is five minutes, I can still knit a little without too much kerfuffle. I also have a cardigan on sleeve island so it is handy too.
Can’t wait to see your pink Morbihan!
Ah, that’s good to hear. Hope you can find a day with lots of UKT (Uninterrupted Knitting Time) soon. Meanwhile socks are great.