I think this next yarn is one of the Noro ones from Japan. They are quite expensive but this was a bargain end of line, or similar. I knitted it on smaller needles than the Colinette - 4mm - and have worked a few wisps of wool tops into the blue area and some silk tops into the dark grey bit on the far right. It needs quite a lot of embellishing to alter the surface texture of this yarn as it is a boucle type and I haven't altered it's appearance very much yet .......................
..................... but once again, on the reverse magical things have begun to happen and when I have done a bit more on the front, I shall turn it over and make the reverse my right side and carry on from there.
I love the colours in these next pieces of knitting and when they have been well and truly embellished they will be felted and therefore there should be no danger of them unravelling if I want to cut them up into smaller pieces. Every group of four or five bands of colours says landscape, seascape, sunset, dusk etc. I should have enough pieces here to keep me going for quite a while whether they end up as little scenes, book covers, bags or anything else.
The last piece - if you look at it sideways - looks like a pebbly beach I think. If I don't embellish it too much I should be able to retain that look and make use of it.
5 comments:
you have some beautiful yarns there Heather. i can see why you needed to have an embellisher lol
The colours in the samples are great Heather and I agree the backs look even better.
I was enjoying this post until the last paragraph about housework then I got a reality check.
What lovely yarns Heather....bet you can't wait to embellish onto them; sounds fun.
I'm hoping to have a play on Maggi's machine next week :-)
Definitely more fun! I always think the reverse of embellished work is more interesting than the front. You have some beautiful blends here. :)
I have loved browsing through your blog today Heather. You are so talented I should visit more often. How on earth do you produce such lovely knitted pieces? I guess it must be the wool you use, whatever, it's gorgeous.
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