{"id":436,"date":"2008-07-10T09:47:22","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T14:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2008-07-10T09:47:22","modified_gmt":"2008-07-10T14:47:22","slug":"waiting-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=436","title":{"rendered":"Waiting Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reference<\/a><\/p>\n

Well, I am sitting here right now, waiting for the air conditioning repairman to call me to let me know when he will be here. Fortunately, today is not supposed to be a scorcher; but I have never been a fan of these unscheduled times off work. I don’t have a lot of vacation time to begin with, so taking time off just to be chained to the house waiting for an appointment leaves something to be desired.<\/p>\n

I figured, in the meantime, that I would update you on what is going on in textile land.<\/p>\n

One STR Carbon sock is done.<\/p>\n

\"STR<\/a><\/p>\n

My impressions so far? At least with the mediumweight, the yarn is ok; but I wouldn’t stand in line to get it. I think STR’s colorways are what causes the big fanbase. The yarn itself doesn’t seem to have much in the way of properties that I expect from merino: elasticity and softness. Would I buy it again? Probably, but it isn’t my first choice.<\/p>\n

As far as the diamond brocade sock,<\/p>\n

\"Diamond<\/a><\/p>\n

I am kind of in a quandary about that. I am still trying to figure out how I am going to do the foot. Karen is right that the stranding pinstripe is not ideal. I ripped out what you saw previously and tried knitting into the round below to create the pinstriping, but I am not sure about how to go about the decreases for the gusset with this method. Of course, if I rip out the heel and just go with a short row heel, my life would get a lot easier, as there would be no decreasing in the colorwork; but I kind of like the look of the decreasing in the pinstripe.<\/p>\n

As for the spinning, I am halfway there.<\/p>\n

\"Woodland<\/a><\/p>\n

To give you an idea of how fine the single is, here it is in comparison to Colinette Jitterbug.<\/p>\n

\"Woodland<\/a><\/p>\n

I admit, I am a slow spinner, especially with fine yarns. Hey, at least it makes the experience last longer, right?<\/p>\n

And there is a new sewing project on the horizon.<\/p>\n

\"Cotton\/Lycra<\/a><\/p>\n

I got these jersey knits from Gorgeous Fabrics <\/a>to try my hand at copying a favorite shirt of Mr. Penney’s. We can’t find a knit shirt that buttons all the way up the front anywhere, so I came up with the brilliant idea of making one. I report later on how successful the whole thing turns out.<\/p>\n

As for the last post<\/a>, thank you all, both on and off the blog, for your support. Strangely, I have been called worse and had worse things happen to me and not been as bothered by it;\u00a0I guess because\u00a0it had always been by a lone person that was considered a wingnut and not around much longer after that. In any case, things are getting taken care of in that department. My employer has been excellent over the whole situation.<\/p>\n

Thanks to what went on, my next sock project has been selected.<\/p>\n

\"Cabin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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