Thursday, July 13, 2006

This and that

Update: I have heard, from a very reliable source, that the new Rowan magazine will be sized up to a "42-46," with an additional two inches or so of ease, in just about all the designs included in it. You may recall from my ease discussion that two inches is average to close-fitting, in keeping with today's more fitted silhouettes, although larger sizes may find it feeling a bit skimpy depending on what they are used to.

I mentioned that RosieBlogs, the official blog of Rosie's Yarn Cellar, would feature some articles on how to use hand-dyed yarns this week. Yesterday's entry (written by yours truly) gives a brief overview of the process of making hand-dyed yarns. Don't miss the posts by Lisa Myers covering the use of color, repeats, pooling (and other undesirable color effects and how to avoid them). One of these posts should appear sometime today.

In the meantime, Black Bunny Fibers is starting to look more like a storefront as I've had a chance to add some wool-nylon sock yarns & some more roving (there's one Finn left and I've got some Falkland coming soon). Two large hanks (1750 yds) of laceweight are coming soon, one bright fuschia and one lavender-blues.

Fellow sockheads might want to check out the new blog The Traveling Sock, which features photos of handknit socks in farflung and unusual places. It's fun seeing how different sock yarns knit up; my kids would love the Regia Nation in the big block stripes. (Thanks to Amputeehee for the link -- I wish your socks weren't so blurry!)

6 comments:

Charity said...

Thanks for the info. I missed the ease discussion somehow, so that 2" is a good guide to go by. I'm always a little iffy on that part of starting a new project. Thanks for the travelling sock link - I love living vicariously through others :0)

Carol said...

Charity -- here:
http://goknitinyourhat.blogspot.com/2006/03/take-it-ease-y.html

I can't wait to photograph my pink sock somewhere. I know I won't get to the Liberty Bell but I'll put my thinking cap on....

By the way, readers, Lisa's first post on Rosie Blogs is up and it's a great one.

Christina said...

Thanks for all the great info, Carol.

Anonymous said...

Do you mean there's going to be another, separate Rowan magazine? Or do you just mean the next issue of the regular Rowan magazine?

Carol said...

I mean the next issue of the regular Rowan magazine. Rowan had received many complaints about their limited sizing so they've expanded the size range in the existing magazine, beginning with the next one.

Anonymous said...

That's great news, thank you!