Menokreatikkul; Just Kept Going

The Squirrel yarn from the Far East had proven well worth the purchase. The advancements in synthetic fibres, it has to be admitted, have been many and that I found this product such fun to work with and now to wear says a lot. There's a part of me that curls up a bit inside at finding myself so enamoured by an item of petrochemical base, but after a bit of digging (well, considerable pile-driving the web to track it back) it turns out this particular yarn is made with rPET (i.e. recycled poly). The guilt was a little bit salved. 

Anyway, as I have teased in earlier posts, I started what I thought was to be a swatch just to experience the workability... but it just kept going! Although not silk, it did work with the smoothness and glide of silk. Although not wool, it has spring and pliability with excellent stitch definition (despite the 'bright' halo part of the fibre).

Again, the colour here isn't as accurate as it could be - the yellow's okay, but the blue is actually more 'petrol' or dark teal. Is it a perfect garment? No, of course not, I was just letting the stitches run off by themselves. Once I started counting and got a proper formulation of where I wanted the fabric to go, it required a little bit of nudge and wink, but overall I am quite content with the outcome and have plenty of yarn left to play with! 

And that was just one item from the bag of goodies. You've seen the cotton sock yarn. There are several balls of Merino/acrylic blends in fingering and light DK weight. which I think will be the next project... thinking of something sort of lacey, with some more socks in between just for quick gratification.

Now, as you read, I am hopefully on the road in The Grey once again. You'll have reports in due course - it takes a wee while to gather stuff and then there's the processing and wifi-links to factor in. You may find me a bit less frequent in my comments on your own blogs for a week or so until I get back into the groove again. Hooroo!