{"id":5830,"date":"2014-09-30T17:23:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T16:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2014-09-30T17:23:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T16:23:48","slug":"returning-from-bookland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=5830","title":{"rendered":"Returning from BOOKLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings, comrades! <\/p>\n

I am slowly returning to the normal world after several months tucked away in BOOKLAND. The KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook<\/em> is in the final proofing stages and, though exact dates are not yet concrete, I can tell you things are happening soon<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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I am also off to Shetland in less than a week and this is a thoroughly cheering prospect. I am looking forward to seeing loads of my favourite woolly comrades and revisiting the spiritual home of the wonderful yarn with which I have been knitting for many months.<\/p>\n

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Here is one of the things I shall be wearing – Shwook<\/em> is a special hat pattern designed by Hazel Tindall<\/a> for SH<\/strong>etland WOO<\/strong>l weeK<\/strong> and I have really enjoyed knitting two versions.<\/p>\n

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After a long, hermetic time immersed in my own knitting ideas it has been a great fun to knit a pattern written by someone else. Shwook is a swift and easy knit, and the nifty design enables multiple colour ideas to be explored. I am really looking forward to seeing all the different versions that people have made.<\/p>\n

The two versions I made borrow ideas from the Sloes<\/em> and Wonders of Electricity<\/em> swatches knitted for the book so it seems I cannot get away completely from BOOKLAND. <\/p>\n

I confess I cannot walk anywhere without noting which shades of Jamieson & Smith I would use to knit the view… lovely 121 and 125 for old books about electricity and workflow diagrams for BOOKPRODUCTION…<\/p>\n

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…49 to describe the beauteous blooming of an artichoke thistle.<\/p>\n

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You would think I would be done with colours after all the time I have spent writing and thinking about them in BOOKLAND but I find the opposite is true; I feel like I have been somewhere that has changed my outlook forever. <\/p>\n

That said, it’s nice to be back. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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