taking a cue from the wool palace
Mary, of The Wool Palace, posted her new year’s resolution of making at least one item each month from a book or magazine in her collection from which she has never knit anything.
Wow, what a great idea!
So, being the eternal copycat that i am, i pulled out my magazines and books last night. Then, as i am trying to be realistic in my expectations and i am currently still finishing one of sop’s christmas presents ( the irregular rib raglan from loop-d-loop), i started to limit myself to small items for January. But i am already knitting a pair of socks (from Hand Jive’s Nature’s Pallete yarn - yum!) and well, they are not really speeding along. Just as i was about to get overwhelmed with my lameness, i pulled out Interweave’s Fall 2005 and looked at the article on shibori.
So, in January of 2006, i am going to make a something in the shibori technique while using some noro kureyon from my stash. I am thinking either a scarf or a bag. Guess i’ll know when i start…
January 6th, 2006 at 09:19
Sounds interesting! Look forward to seeing what you decide on.
January 16th, 2006 at 12:21
[...] as mentioned before, this month i plan to create something using the shibori technique described in IK Fall 2005. To that aim, with my long-weekend plans smacked down with a massive flyswatter, i set out to do test swatches this weekend. The goal was to find out more about shrinkage ratios in the fulling process and determine how applying shibori to said swatches would alter shrinkage as well as final product characteristics. [...]
March 6th, 2006 at 10:23
[...] January’s technique: Shibori January’s pattern: Canteen Bag (IK Fall 2005) January’s problem: A shortage of cascade 220 in charcoal [...]