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rogue mocha porter and rogue peace fleece
I kept myself up last night coughing, so I opted to stay home sick
today. DH handled dinner, and came home with some
was planning to work on my long-put-on-pause
tonight.
I remember now why I didn’t get so far on the body — my 40″ turbo in
US7 has an awful cable and the Peace Fleece doesn’t like to move along
it at all. I might have to pick up a new one tomorrow — I think it’s
the old Addi Turbo cable. Unspeakably lame!
In other fun things, my
in Pearl Ten arrived earlier this week. The site describes it as “deep
grey with green shadows.” When I opened the box, all of the hanks
muddy, mostly brown and a grungy purple.
Then I swatched it up:
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malabrigo 6 ply merino bulky on US8 (bottom) and US9
Suffice it to say that I love the yarn now. What gorgeous
variegation! It’s mostly grey and purple with a slight twinge of
brown underneath. I’m getting 4st/1″ on US8, and 3.75st/1″ on US9. I
think it will become
I figured out the math earlier today. My only fear is that the YO holes
will be too large in a bulkier yarn, but in my swatch they don’t look so
bad.
[and yes, I am fighting the urge to work on Malabrigo instead of
Rogue... ]
Tomorrow I pick up some fun books and yarn, and I will also pick up
needles for the Malabrigo sweater. This should be my last LYS trip for
many months, as I am going to be imposing a yarn/fiber/book diet. It’s
like binging before the diet — which certainly isn’t healthy, but sure
is fun!