Started: 10/20/06
Finished: 10/21/06
Pattern: Super Simple Tea Cosy in a bigger gauge that the generator doesn't provide. (Sorry!)
Materials: Clover/Tahki Bamboo circ #8, sport/fingering weight 2-ply Wensleydale in an eyepopping yellow and pink colorway, spun from roving bought at Black Sheep Gathering 2005. Oh, and the cording has a strand of green DMC perl cotton, which you really can't see in the picture but which just makes the thing "pop."
This yarn has been sitting in the bin, slowly getting whittled away as Josie's cut little bits off of it for various projects. It was promised to her for a shawl, but slowly we both came to the realization that Wensleydale, as beautiful as it is, is not a garment wool. She gave me permission to use it for something else.
What possessed me to buy this roving in the first place, I cannot say. These are not my colors. But now, spun up and knitted double, I couldn't be more pleased. It makes my English teapot look like a giant peach. The sheen and texture of the Wensleydale is just right in this use. And now I have a second tea cosy and can wash my old one, which is getting pretty ratty indeed!
My new dilemma: I don't have anything on the needles! And I need a knitting project. Oh--well...there is the never-ending pi shawl. Because I'm so uninspired, perhaps that's the project I should be working on...
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