{"id":2792,"date":"2011-07-02T10:33:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T10:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2011-07-02T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-02T10:33:34","slug":"fo-simmer-dim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=2792","title":{"rendered":"FO: Simmer Dim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes the perfect yarn, the perfect pattern, the perfect mood and the perfect timing coincide, and you feel that the gods of knitting are looking favourably upon you.<\/p>\n

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So it was that on Tuesday this week I cast on for the Simmer Dim shawl pattern, (which was a birthday gift from Brenda<\/a>) in handspun yarn (which was a birthday gift from Liz<\/a>). There are just not enough hyperbolic words of praise in the OED to do justice to the finespun wonderment that is Liz’s perfect, even, beautifully colour-spaced 4-ply yarn<\/em>. It’s just delicious. And there are also no words to describe the joy I felt at encountering Gudrun Johnston’s<\/a> clear pattern-writing style, which meant I did not screw up my knitting once even though there is some lace involved in this otherwise mindless-but-still-interesting knit with all its garter stitch joy. SCORE!<\/p>\n

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Liz’s handspun is made from fibres dyed by Meghan, AKA The Thylacine<\/em><\/a>. I gather these fibres are from British Bluefaced Leicester sheep, and that they were originally grey or oatmeal and not pure white, as there is a beautiful warm hue which permeates all the colours with sheepy warmth. Let us praise the fibres and Liz’s handspun in photos, as we have already established that words are inadequate.<\/p>\n

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I especially love how Liz has gotten these beautiful, long colour repeats into her yarn.<\/p>\n

You must now please forgive me for roping the cat into the photographs of the shawl; Mark is away today and Joey is my only company. As you can see, this is not working out well for the poor cat. However, on a positive note, the knitted shawl is soft enough that it did not disturb his heavenly kitty slumberz.<\/p>\n

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Specs:<\/p>\n

Pattern design: Simmer Dim<\/em> from The Shetland Trader<\/a>, AKA Gudrun Johnston
\nYarn: incredible finest handspun from Liz, hewn from the wondrous overdyed oatmeal fibres of The Thylacine<\/a> AKA Megan
\nNeedles: 4mm and 6mm knitpicks interchangeables
\nModel: Joey the cutest cat in the universe, showing us the many ways one can sleep with paws crossed cutely over face
\nRavelled: here<\/a><\/p>\n

All of this to say, that my knitting mojo has been returned to me through the power of coincidental BIRTHDAY GIFTZ! Thank You! <\/p>\n

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