Sidewinders

I don’t have much time to blog but Nona the great creator of the Sidewinders asked me how I am doing and if I have any photos yet. So here are the photos of what I have so far:

I have a swatch and I have gauge

Sidewinders’ Swatch

The yarn is 100% Merino of Fleece Artist I bought last October in Lettuce Knit in Toronto or was it in The Knit Cafe? you see, I bought Fleece Artist yarns at both, I kind of got a crush on those softies during that visit (not that it really passed during the next visit but this is a different post altogether).

Last evening we took a photo at the end of Act I:

End of Act I, Sock I of the Sidewinders adventure

Please excuse the quality of the photos we took them in the evening when the act I was ready.

I didn’t have a chance to post it today as I was busy finishing Act II. I didn’t mean to do it right now either, but I came to my computer to check if Nona posted Act IV already and found an email from her asking if I have any photos already, so I had to post the ones I got.

When I read her mail and went to find the photos for this post I realised I forgot to take a photo at the end of Act II and sailed right into Act III, how stupid of me, oh well. It is night here again so the photos are not good yet again.

I will have to take better photos and of all the stages too, when I will knit Sidewinder no. 2.

So here is my Sidewinder No.1 as it is right now, it is Act III after the second row of paired decreases of the toe:

Sidewinder I at the start of the paired decreases of the toe

And now if you will excuse me, I must go knit on this marvelous addiction Nona brought into my life. Thank you Nona!

Oh What a Lucky Yarn Ball

Oh what a lucky yarn ball

The other day when I went looking for this ball of yarn – Yes, I still do it the old way, my dearest Joe doesn’t want to get the very fat hints I keep throwing around about all them cool winding tools. Oh well, he holds the yarn for me when ever I ask, he never complains and he is (among many other things) an excellent yarn balagan solver.

Oh my, didn’t I start this with a story about one lucky ball of yarn? I sure did. So, back to our main story of the day: When I went looking for this ball, I realised it is one lucky ball as I found it in the knitting bag that went with me to Bahia Kino, Mexico . OK, what is the big story here, one trip is nothing special for any good yarn, you think to yourself and I agree completely! the reason I decided to declare this ball a lucky one is that it is not the first trip it took. This same lovely was visiting Israel with me last February and then Toronto, Canada in March/April. I guess he is, ooppps translating again, sorry (a yarn ball is a he in my mother tongue) my travel companion these days, I wonder where else fate will take us in the future. I like the diversity of rolls yarn can play in our lives, don’t you?

You probably want some more details about such a special ball of yarn, right?
It is the 80% Merino Wool, 20% Nylon version of Dave Daniels Cabin Cove beautiful Kaleidoscope. I love this colour, I think I have it in all the combinations Dave offers it in. Unfortunately Dave’s shop is closed right now, or maybe it is for the better, at least for me, as I am on a very strict yarn diet these days, poor me.