A bit more progress

One sock down. Well, except for kitchenering the toe.

I hooked up with Tate last night and she bought me some yarn in Amsterdam. (I can't really get a good shot of it because we have had NO sun for days.) Isn't it lovely? I'll make a scarf out of it. Oooh how I want to cast on.

I fiddled around and wet felted roving around soap yesterday. I gave it away before I took a picture. It was loads of fun. I'll probably make some of these for Xmas gifts this summer. I'll need to get some fabulous hand made soaps.

Tonight, I am making Nigella's Red Shrimp and Mango Curry from Nigella Express for dinner. Very quick and easy peasy. Well, I'm off to work on the socks.

Playing with String

The knitting in finished for the Nikko Wrap. It has 110 lengths of yarn and 55 lenghts of embroidery floss used for the fringe. Needless to day, working with this string was highly entertaining for the Boyz. I have been shooing cats off left and right. Now to add the embellishments.

I went to the craft store to buy the embroidery floss for the wrap and some Patons Soy Wool Stripes made it's way into my cart for the Eleanor Scarf from Scarf Style. A cheaper alternative to the yarns most widely used. Noro Silk Garden is gorgeous. But, far to expensive and hard to come by. No manufacturer has come close to the Noro yarns. But, I've seen some of the Eleanor scarves online, and this will do just fine.

The starter for my own sourdough bread seems to be coming along just fine. Messy, but fine. It might be ready for making bread by the weekend.