January 2023

This month, I cast on and made headway on a new pair of socks, this pair is just a simple ribbing I am making with Crafty That Way fingering weight yarn in 100% superwash merino in a colourway called Sweet Surrender.

So, I somehow justified buying myself a rigid heddle loom. I'm told it is a natural fibre progression, knitting, spinning, weaving. I think next is buying raw wool and carding it myself, but I am going to try really hard to resist any futher developments.

I wove a very simple set of towels from a pattern from the weaving genius and brilliant teacher, The Rogue Weaver, who is so generous with her weaving tricks and tips. Her patterns are extremely well written and have so much information, even a raving loon like myself can figure out the steep learning curve that is weaving. She is literally so inspiring, and her weaving projects are the reason I finally caved and bought a loom.

One of my previous handspun yarns is so pretty and I have been trying to figure out what kind of knitting pattern to pair it with, so in the end, I have decided to knit a Madison Scarf by Suzanne Middlebrooks, which is knit with a lace weight yarn. The handspun I knit is very light because I left it as a single ply and I think this pattern will allow for some discretion in varying thickness and the amount of yardage I have available. This was a 100% superwash merino fibre in a gorgeous colourway called Costal Retreat with deep blues and yummy gold green seaweed from Crafty That Way.

That's it - Happy crafting! Nic ♥