Spring crafting

And Spring is here!!! The season brings beautiful flowers, nasty allergies and asthma and adorable knitting and spinning.



In my mind, I am a much better knitter than in 2013, the year I first attempted knitting Mainline of the Scarves 2013, etc. collection. Back then, I threw the towel after getting insanely confused with the pattern. Everything went wrong...there was no choice than to hide the project in the closet.


A couple of days ago, I convinced myself that I would win over the scarf. A good reading of the pattern, gazillion stitch markers and a better attitude is making this an enjoyable knitting the second time around. Never give up knitters of the world!

Giving my overflow of positivism, I decided to also spin a batt for the first time. The batt turned out  to be rolled combed top (non spinners, take my word: a batt is not the same as combed top). Oh well...so much for paying attention.


The singles are very thin. I see a long plying session in my bright future. Not complaining; the blend of alpaca, merino and nylon is super soft and nice to work with.




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  1. Hi Monica! There's nothing better than taking a pattern that was once difficult to follow and being able to pick it up at a later date and knit it much more easily. You've got this! LOL

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    1. Hi Christine! Thanks for your vote of confidence. Have a great week. :-)

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  2. Such beautiful, light and fresh looking photos! I am so happy that spring is here and I am so looking forward to new knitting season!

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    1. Thanks Alina. The light was perfect yesterday. One must take advantage of a gorgeous Sunday morning :-) Cheers to new knitting projects and good weather.

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  3. Reading the pattern ahead and stitch markers has saved me many headaches. I learned the hard way!
    Your scarf is coming along very nicely! ;)

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