Wow, been 2 years without blogging, i even forget ever having this blog. Since the office works no longer hectic, well have to write again.
This time, i learn to make my own knitting design and doing my own dyeing. How about yarn hunting ?of course, that's my primary reason for breathing!
(Since i kinda forget how to write, i just write the conversation inside my head, between me,myself and i :P)
Ok first thing first,
Design?
Yes, i'd like to make a stole, for myself. What kind of stole? dunno, but must be something lacy of course, must be easy to remember pattern, and must be PRETTY!!!!
And then (of course) i crawl and crawl and crawl thru
ravelry's database, but none caught my fancy.....
Then what else??open
Mrs. Walker's treasuries books, first book: mmMM none... second book : hmmmm this one is cute, that one too, woow, many beautiful lace pattern here. Then i think i found something that i like. So there we go, choose the pattern for the body part, then what kind of border???? how does it look ??? well... wait and see.. :P
I hope next month the pattern will be completed, and ready to be tested, if it comes out ok, before the new year it can be released (its a rookie one i know, but as my first, cant help but feel sooo excited)
Next : Doing my own dyeing
After long stripes yarn which now is soooo common (you can find it easily, from Ice yarn to Alize to red heart, like everybody has their brand of long stripes), I'd love to have some gradient color change yarn, you know, like the one that start with a color then slowly changing to other color (mainly only 2 primary color, with its gradual changing in between, know what i mean???). In other hand there're a yarn retailer friend who ask for help and give me a sample skein of noil silk, so i have my first victim ready at hand :D
What do i know about noil silks ???
With help from Google-fu, i found that noil silk is silk yarn that spin from short silk filament, after the long unbroken filament is extracted to make the reel silk. This noil yarn might still have some substance called sericin that responsible for its bad odor (you know like something musty and moldy). Then how to eliminate the sericin ??? using enzyim trypsine (from pork?? dank, thanks but no thanks), or you can boil it with olive soap + baking soda...well i guess thats what i'll do. Then how to dye it? silk can be dye using acid dyes, so i think food colourants in my stash will suffice. What color ???? Blue in every shade of blue that i could make (i have this shawl in my head, that called for blue colors, i might be call it "I love the blue of Indonesia") :P
Next : Yarn Hunting
This time the object of my obsession is the
Autumn Wind from Lotus China, made from cotton 90% + Cashmere 10%. I hope can receive it by the end of this week. I'll tell you how it is later
