Gothic altar lace heart recharted for intarsia

Here is my version of the gothic altar lace heart bit from Severina re-charted onto rectangle-style intarsia computer graph paper so it won't end up looking like a gothic altar squished beet (delicate ensconcing in barbed wire notwithstanding):


I added some rows and more or less just changed things around here and there until it seemed to look right. I chose the 1.4 ratio graph paper for the hell of it since I don't know what yarn (nor therefore gauge) it'll be anyway. Seems like a reasonable guess.

No knitting of this will occur for at least 2 weeks, after I get back from NM.

Then we will, of course, deal with the problem that I just started knitting a few months ago and haven't actually ever made anything with intarsia.

hair yarn

So I got my hair cut, and when the haircutting person wasn't looking, I grabbed some long locks and stuck them in my pocket. Then later I spun them into yarn along with some wool. It worked pretty well.

Yes, I am nuts.

more yarns!

spinning yarn

I have been spinning yarn on a drop spindle! I find it very relaxing.


The first batch of yarn was dyed with tea. It's drying on the wineglass holder.






Then I plied it with a yarn died in coffee, making a combination of brown and slightly darker brown.

It's very very thick - probably because each ply is bulky. It wasn't enough to make anything, so I made a yarn necklace.














The next batch is similarly thick and plied, but dyed with food dyes

Two balls

why?... why not? (well, there are quite a few reasons, actually, but let's not get into that here)

since I'm abnormal and my life is dull, I shall start a blog about stuff I make