Today is another zen level in my knitting. I must have been knitting this for someone else all along but now I know it.Ī wonderful lady I met at the Black Duck Emporium on Monhegan Island said when you get to the point of seeing un-knitting as a learning experience your knitting is zen. I guess you know your life has come full circle when this type of thing humors you more than it ticks you off. Considering that Miracle is 50% alpaca and 50% tencel, I would have to say I will not be making the same sweater with the other Miracle yarn in my stash and whatever I make will hand wash in the sink. My conclusion is alpaca felts better than wool in a front loader washing machine. After it dries completely, I will see who will be gifted this sweater. Fortunately, the sleeves were really too big so what was meant to be was meant to be. The Loopy Ewe & McKee Knitted knockers Today 10-3 Breast Cancer Awareness day. Ta-da your sweater knit in Classic Elite Miracle that was a 40" bust will now be a 35" bust, the overall length will go from 25" to 22" and the arm length will go from 19" to 17". TikTok video from The Loopy Ewe (theloopyewe): 'knitting theloopyewe localyarnstore pink breastcancerawareness'. You set the load to hand wash, cold water, no extra spin, no faster spin and wait for the cycle to finish. Today I discovered the secret to felting in my front loader machine. When I was doing felting, the machine wouldn't felt no matter how hard I tried - extra clothes in the load, tennis balls, the hottest water, the extra dirty cyle, extra spin, faster spin, etc. I have a Maytag front loader washing machine. I'm really looking forward to meeting Amy in 18 days to thank her in person for such a thoughful package! It will be the perfect yarn for making a mini sock for the Keychain Sock Blocker that has been waiting for the 'perfect' yarn. Amy is the best! Somehow she provided a sample skein of Wollmeise in my favorite colors of blue and green. It's wonderful! I never thought I would ever see Wollmeise yarn due to it's popularity. It is now part of my stash thanks to Amy. I had never heard of this yarn but decided to add it to my Loopy wishlist. What a wonderful gift! One of Amy's favorite yarns is 'Dream in Color'. Upon my return from LA, my swap package was here from Amy (a veteran of the Loopy Ewe retreat). If you aren't one of us, you may have a hard time believing this but it's true. There is something about the knitting community that is warm, friendly and full of laughs. I love the concept of a knitting retreat - nothing but knitting as much as you want for an entire period of time with wonderful people that you meet for the first time. As many of you know, I will be going to The Loopy Ewe Spring Fling Retreat from April 23-26, 2009, in St.
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