Menokreatikkul; Saturday Stitches
Getting another WIP to the FO stage. The best part of eight months ago, I shared with you this post... After posting that rather detailed stitchery, I laid it down and didn't pick it up again until a couple of weeks back. Sigh...
If I had thought to check back to that very same post, I could have completed the thing in that YAMmy stitch, and that's all you would see. However, at the time of restarting, I kinda-sorta forgot I had written about the stitch I'd made up and no amount of studying it could reveal to me what I had done. So I decided it would become a 'sampler' and there would be four panels of the same size using three other Tunisian stitches.
The yarn is from a big batch that I got from Temu and came in packs of four balls (I think I still have eight or nine balls left), but with absolutely no details beyond the fact that it is 60%/40% Mohair/Merino. Two and a half balls were used for this item.
Were it not for the 'slubbing' and halo effect of the loosely spun mohair, it would be a 2-weight yarn, but I worked this as if it were a 3-weight, upping the hook size (5mm) to increase drape.
The panels, then, were first the YAMmy stitch...
I made the next panel with the Long Stitch - one that I like doing and how it looks for most yarns, though I don't think I would use that again for this style of yarn as it is not that well differentiated...
The third panel was made in Net Stitch - a simple yarn over, skip a stitch on the forward pass. Loved the results of this and would work a whole shawl/cowl in this with this type of yarn another time.
The last panel, I went for a straightforward Simple Stitch, just to see what sort of material would result. I really like the fabric feel that came out of working this stitch with this yarn, and could see it making a cardigan or jumper.
I have to say that working this silky, slinky yarn on the metal hook was a little tiring, as one had to be ever alert to the possibility of dropping stitches. I would be tempted to run this with one of my bamboo Tunisian hooks to see if that was less precarious!
There is definitely a luxury feel to the yarn, and I found myself 'cuddling' the work from time to time... it put me very much in mind of my angel Jasper Cat's furs! Soft, lush, warm... just perfect for a snuggly muffly!!!
Menoturals; Cattle Crew
Here we are at Nature Friday again, joining in with the LLB gang. I'll take this moment to remind you that we start another set of twelve Final Friday Features next week - here's the 2026 'badge'!
I can remember my uncle getting a Charolais bull to breed with his small herd of mixed-breed heifers - and how it brought forth words to cause blushes. These are not 'beginner' cattle! If that bull decided it was headed one way, it took everything Andrew had to persuade it otherwise. Those who do know the breed well become very fond of them. If handled well, they are quite docile, but I think you really need to be with them from birth to form bonds and trust. The cow in this photo, though, was thoroughly enjoying her brush and massage!
Now, on with the next in our cattle breed miniseries.
Last week, you saw the giant French Limousin; this week, I share another French breed, the Charolais. This was actually the first of the French to arrive on British Shores (via Scotland, as it happens) and has become so much a staple of beef farming management that there is now a distinctly British line.
They are bred almost entirely for their meat, though setting a 'Charlie' sire to a dairy herd is thought to improve milk quality. Although known as the white cattle, they do vary somewhat and quite often display a 'rose' colouration too - as you can see in the second photo. Not my favourite cattle, but still good looking, no denying!
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