Saturday, July 26, 2025

But first...

Starting a new project requires gathering one's tools and selecting one's fiber. And then what? Sometimes it involves learning something brand new on step one. That is the case with the Essential Tee from Purl Soho.


The "Provisional cast-on: One-step method" threw me a bit. I tried learning it with the yarn for the tee, but decided I'd better practice with something a bit woolly-er. I won't say I mastered it, but I comfort myself with the fact that the cast on won't show once the bottom of the tee is hemmed.

Knitting: Working on the latest socks as my portable project. Started the Essential Tee using Oleander, a fingering-weight cotton linen blend, without swatching; then I chickened out and started a swatch because I don't know how the fabric will come out.


Weaving: The clasped-weft coasters are off the loom.


I really thought I would have more time for fiber this summer, even imagined myself spinning on the deck. But the weather has been superbly uncooperative - hot and sticky. Thank goodness for AC.

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