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		<title>D is for . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FOs 2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[. . . Done!!! I finished my River stole with suprisingly few difficulties! I finished the knitting on Thursday and I blocked it last night.Yarn: Rowan Kidsilk Haze, color is called jelly.
Pattern: Rowan mag #38
Changes to pattern: I knit it with #9 needles, not the specified 10.5&#8217;s. I also purled all wrong side rows, making [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>. . . Done!!! I finished my River stole with suprisingly few difficulties! I finished the knitting on Thursday and I blocked it last night.<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/1600/river%20done.0.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/320/river%20done.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Yarn: Rowan Kidsilk Haze, color is called jelly.<br />
Pattern: Rowan mag #38<br />
Changes to pattern: I knit it with #9 needles, not the specified 10.5&#8217;s. I also purled all wrong side rows, making a stockinette lace pattern because I thought the garter stitch looked sloppy.<br />
Finished size: 16 x 66&#8243;<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/1600/river%20blocking.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/320/river%20blocking.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Look at the miles (okay, feet) of lace I knit!  I pinned the edges out to form little points and it turned out really well. The picture in the Rowan mag is so bad that I can&#8217;t really tell if the edges are straight or not but I like my pointy border.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s so light and airy and I love it! I really like the Kidsilk haze and I didn&#8217;t find it difficult to knit but I don&#8217;t think I love it the way many of you out there do. I would use it again, though.</p>
<p>This olympics thing has been fun and I really like the challenge to finish something in a timely manner but I am more than ready to get back to my usual multiple project self.</p>
<p>Speaking of multiple projects, I have branched out beyond knitting!  <a href="http://kirs10.blogspot.com">Kirsten</a> and I took a drop spindle class today!  It was so fun and the teacher was great and we made yarn!!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/1600/brown%20yarn.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/320/brown%20yarn.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Check out my first yarn!  It&#8217;s so pretty and even and not lumpy like most people&#8217;s first yarn.  It&#8217;s not spun perfectly, though, because it doesn&#8217;t hang straight.  It twist on itself a little.  I feel like I should knit something with it but it&#8217;s such a small amount that I don&#8217;t know what to do with it.  Any ideas?  Lest you think I&#8217;m over here gloating over my pretty first-yarn-ever-made,  let me show you what I did next.  The whole reason I want to learn to spin is because I want to spin the fur from my angora bunny, <a href="http://gonnapurl.blogspot.com/2005/10/meet-phoebe.html">Phoebe</a>, that is starting to pile up in my basement.   So, when I came home from the class I decided to spin her fur.  It&#8217;s is a lumpy mess!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/1600/angora%20yarn.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/320/angora%20yarn.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>I must point out, though, that&#8217;s it&#8217;s the softest lumpy mess that I have ever touched!  Angora is slippery and has short fibers but I am determined to spin it well.  I owe it to Phoebe to make something pretty out of her lovely fur.  I am encouraged that although much of my mini-skein looks like this or worse:<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/1600/angora%20bad.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/320/angora%20bad.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>there are some short sections that look like this:<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/1600/angora%20good.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1219/1638/320/angora%20good.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Do you see the perfect twist and the smooth edges?  It can be done and I can do it!</p>
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