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Author: Caryn
Nålbinding swatch
For my fiber book, I made a nålbinding swatch with hand spun mohair. The thing I love about nålbinding is the ability to cut it. Nålbinding is usually worked in the round, and each loop is connected to the next as well as to the row below. This makes it possible to cut the fabric vertically or horizontally and still have interlocked rows.
When nålbinding is cut, there are portions of loops that can be removed. I left the side edges raw, but removed the loose pieces along the top. This is going to be mounted on a page in a book, so won’t see too much wear and tear. It will still be interesting to see how it fares over the years.
Maybe?
We have blooms on the squash vine! Now, will we get squash? Hm.
I think it is interesting that the flower is larger than the leaf. There are three different vines, all flowering, so there is a chance of pollination.n
The waiting shawl
I am calling this my waiting shawl, since I knitted it while waiting. Waiting in the car rider line, waiting in the doctor’s office, waiting in the parking lot. It feels like I’ve been waiting forever, but I’ve only been knitting for six months. I started spinning the fiber over a year ago, though. So. This is made from fiber from Sugar Plum the alpaca, washed, carded, and hand-spun with a drop spindle and some on my upcycled bicycle spinning wheel. The knit pattern is yarn over, purl two together, both front and back, with knit stitches on the edges to get the stripes vertical
The amazing thing about this shawl happened when I did a light wash and blocked it. First, there was still quite a bit of dust in the yarn that came out in the wash. Second, when I blocked it, it doubled in size. All the lace holes opened up, evened out and expanded. Wow. It made my spinning seem much more even. I’ll take it.
Aren’t your feet wet?
I set the trail cam up to see who comes and drinks from my stacked fountain. I expected to see mostly cats, what I didn’t expect was how Mr Tom drinks from the dishes. He chooses to stand in one dish to drink from another. Huh? The dishes are not attached to the pots, just stacked. How he perches without tipping anything over is amazing.
But look at that magnificent tail. His winter coat is coming in, and he now lets me brush him, so he is mostly free of burrs.
Critters and Craft 