Lies on Knitting

Zen. The knitting, not the motorcycle maintenance.

Inspired by Cara's log cabin blanket -which is SO beautiful!- and ofcourse the two Mothers of Invention Of The Log Cabin knitting, I long ago started wanting one myself. Not the least because the book, written by said two Mothers Of Invention proclaims it is "Zen, Zen and nothing else but Zen."

Having gathered a fair amount of Klaziens Kreaties' Shetland wool, I designated this as log cabin material, so I ordered some more (never, never let an opportunity to get more Shetland Wool pass by) and casted on.

Indeed. It is Zen.  It is lovely, straightforward, simple knitting. Nothing more to bother the mind with than what color to choose next. Yep asked me what the blanket will be used for. (!!!) To knit it is the only answer, I told him, and I explained about the Zen and the happiness and that I have no feelings of affection for motorcycles and their maintenance at all. Yep said his idea of Zen is a flutist under a cherry tree. That is a nice idea too. With his happy little bum on a knitted log cabin blanket, I suppose.

There is magic in a spinning wheel

...Or is it the other way around, there is spinning in a Magic Ball?

Anyway, after finding a piece of soap, a lovely almond-smelling hand cream and a packet of lavender-incense, I finished the Magic Mirror socks. (with only two meters of the yarn left!) Although the sockpattern indeed gets blurred bij the colorchanges, I think they are very pretty mirrorsocks. I am not sure if I will ever wear them, I am considering to frame them and hang them on the wall. :-) The present in the middle of the Magic ball was this:

Can you believe it? Handdyed roving, in vibrant greens and blues. For me, all to spin! Such a good gift now that I am more in the grip of the spinning wheel than Sleeping Beauty ever was Thank you again, Judith!

So far I spun an ounce of Blue Faced Leicester roving, I tried to spin it into a sock weight. I am not sure if I succeeded, and I will try to dye it before it gets knitted. I am unreasonably proud of it, though, you are likely to hear more of it.

Then, my crackdealer Storm Op Zolder provided a Big Bag full of greens. It is all the same, very much appreciated, Blue Faced Leicester wool. This Green Wonder is destined to match the Everlasting First Coat, which I am plodding suffering sewing at tailoring class. More on this Everlasting First Coat later, for now it will be sufficient to tell you I will probably be proudly wearing it in the winter of 2012, thus giving me time enough to spin and ply all this Georgeous Greens, knit a clapotis out of it and tell you all about it.

I got started, as you see, and untill yesterday I was thinking the completion date of the Green Clapotis could probably be a lot sooner, as it is such a joy to spin it. But then, the Magic Ball unveiled its last surprise: More beautiful wool to spin! The green clapotis might have to wait on the side now. Furthermore, Son would really like a Jackyll and hyde, and his girlfriend opted for a black hat, preferably with kitty ears. And maybe whiskers. I never knit on demand, but I dearly love the two so how could I refuse? So to start with, I'm off to search Ravelry to find a cat-eared-hat pattern.