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"...feel free to ask anything without being judged... If you doubt, just read all the questions in this supernewbie SUPPORT room. You will notice no one belittles themselves! If you are a knitter, you ride a large black horse with steel hooves, not a little Shetland pony."

Yarn Mystery - Solved

M. and I were at a yarn store this last weekend, and I spotted my mystery yarn.

This:


Is this:
Ornaghi Filati Luna Park 202
Content: 100% superwash merino wool
Made in: Italy
Size: 50g/200m - 1.75 oz/210 yards
Gauge: 33 sts/4" using needles #3-4US, for sock you might want to use #1-2US.
Care: machine wash gentle/dry flat

Ravelry link: the yarn.

Yay me! Still working on the little scarf I'm making out of it.

Puzzle Mat

Check it out. We bought a puzzle mat. Why? Partly because, hey, puzzle mat!



But also because it's an effective and cheap blocking mat. Resizable too! I can use it to block a shawl...



...or a scarf...



...or even a sweater.



And also to play with, obviously!

Clapotis!

The Clapotis shawl is done and blocked using my blocking wires for the first time. (This is the one done from the recycled sweater.) While it was on the wires and pinned out it was approximately 60" by, oh, say, 21". I'll have to measure it again after it relaxes. We'll see. I'll also have to get a photo of it being worn, but for now, here it is!





And a closeup:

It's Walrus Time

I can put the Walrus pictures up now that E. has her gift. So here they are:









Applause to A. for making the bucket (bukkit?) and fish, without which no walrus would be complete!

As usual, I've put more details on Ravelry.

Fingerless Mittens

Of late, I've been starting new projects. Not finishing them, mind you. Just starting them. I've decided that's OK. Now, to my surprise, I've both started and finished one! Behold, fingerless mittens (from this pattern: Basic Fingerless Mitts).

They don't look like anything when nobody's wearing them:

But they look like this when they're on:




I'm pleased with them. As usual, the details are on Ravelry.

After Blocking

Well, it didn't block too badly. At first I thought it looked about the same, but comparing the two pics, I can see it's a bit 'tidier' after blocking. I don't think the size changed much. Alas, I forgot to measure it before blocking, but after blocking it's about 10.25" x 6".



I think I'm going to go ahead with it. After all, it's not as if this is the only Clapotis I'm ever allowed to make. And I enjoyed knitting the sample, so that's good too.