Well, the trip to the Aran Islands was made, and while I can't claim to have knitted an aran on the Arans, I certainly knit it around and near them. Dickinson now has a back and a full sleeve, with another almost finished. I would love to finish it over the next week. I've memorised the cable pattern now so no more need for the charts, which is a nice change.
In between, I've been spinning up some Wensleydale/Teeswater roving from Colorsong Yarn in the US, taking advantage of their wonderful worldwide free shipping policy. I'm n-plying it to keep the color segments intact, and it is beautiful, rich... and sort of hairy. I'm hoping it will become one of these in time for my mother's birthday at the end of April, although the pattern will need adjustment to accommodate the length-- n-plying really eats yardage for breakfast. Pictures to follow, I'm sure...
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Why a Nut and an Insect?
Fuechsin, German feminine noun for fox. The kind that roams your back garden at night, scavenging your best yarn... oh wait, that's not right. See also the fox and the hedgehog...
For years my family had close links to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, which is thick with foxes. My mother once brought me a t-shirt with the inscription: 'North fox live in Hokkaido. We eat a nut and an insect and we live.'
And why not?
For years my family had close links to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, which is thick with foxes. My mother once brought me a t-shirt with the inscription: 'North fox live in Hokkaido. We eat a nut and an insect and we live.'
And why not?
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