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Carrying On
Daughter gave me this ages ago and it hangs in my sewing room. I think it was the general consensus yesterday among us fiber folk. We are so lucky to have a craft and a purpose that transcends all the noise and links us with a past and hopefully to a future.
I took that advice to heart and packed up my travel projects to work on while we ran errands. No more doom scrolling for me.
The Mister needed a new phone so Pup and I sat in the car while he hashed out the details with Verizon. We had to find a nice shady spot since once again it was in the 80's.
The Static twins got their heels flap almost finished. I was happy to see they are still matchy matchy or as matchy as they can be seeing they are Static which is not very matchy at all.
Someone asked me a while ago how I got them matchy matchy and this photo explains it all. I divide the 100 gram ball in half then roll up little balls with the end and keep rolling one until I find a spot that matches the other. I usually try to find the lightest color change since it's easiest on the eyes. Then I clip the two together and roll the little balls out until I get to one of the ends where I snip them off. Then the trick is casting them on at the same time so you start your long tail at the exact same spot. For a better explanation with more photos you can find another blog post of mine about the process here.
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I'm really liking those static socks. The color changes are great. I do pretty much the same thing when trying to get the yarn matchy-matchy.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it's in the 80's there. We had frost on the grass this morning although it did get into the 50's this afternoon. I think our beautiful October weather is done. More rain is predicted for later in the week, which we're still needing so that's great.
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
Good advice; I have one that says "Keep Calm and Carry Yarn". We may all get a lot more making accomplished in the next four years!
ReplyDelete80's here too. It's not right!! Static socks are coming along nicely.
ReplyDeleteThe socks look great! The hurricane by Cuba is sending rain toward us - but it is better than flooding and wind! Today is too humid to be outdoors!
ReplyDeletePretty socks! Yesterday’s high temperature was 29°F and adding windchill it felt like 9°F. I soak up some of your heat for me.
ReplyDeleteIt was so warm here yesterday, I was sweating after my walk to get mail! What is this weather??????
ReplyDeletePretty colors on the socks!
ReplyDeleteFun socks! Good advice also....
ReplyDeleteFinally we are in the desert getting much cooler weather! Thank you for the visual on how to get the matchy socks. Do you like the Static as much as Felici?
ReplyDeleteI like Static better. I love Felici stripes but Static is just a better yarn base. I really like the feel of it.
DeleteLove Static! Wow that's warm.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you make your socks match, I use a completely different system but I love it when it works ;)
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