Fluff by mail! And a felted hook
A few days ago I got a package in the mail from Marvie with all sorts of bits of rovings so I can felt some of my steel hooks and avoid Numb Finger of Doom Syndrome! There’s some undyed wool in there, too, so I can play with Kool-Aid dye. Thank you, Marvie!
Kittycat apparently smelled Other Cats and felt a need to investigate. He was hilarious, sticking his paws and head under the envelope as though he fully expected to find some cats hiding under there. Once I convinced him to let me have it and opened it up, I wasn’t quick enough for him—he stuck his whole head in there and tried to make off with a piece of fluff. After I put away the Bag of Fun he did the sad eyes look. You know, the one that says, “You are Breaking my Heart by withholding that Thing! That Thing, which is rightfully mine, because I found it right there on the table, and finders keepers! Give it here now! Or I will be sad and make the pathetic mew!”
But then he found his giant bead (he has this big bead about an inch across that he found somewhere in the house and appropriated) and knocked that around for a while, so I figure he’ll survive without the Bag of Fun.
I made an attempt at felting a hook last night; this is my #5 (1.90mm) Boye hook, and I’m hoping I did this right and it doesn’t un-felt on me because I was in the middle of a project with this hook when my wrists started going south on me. (They are much better now, by the way, but I’ve still been afraid to pick up the steel hooks.) I’m not sure, though, I think it might need a tad more felting to make sure the purple bit doesn’t peel off. The rest I rubbed a whole lot, but when I came to the last part with the purple I think I might’ve stopped too soon. I’ll see when it’s finished drying whether it wants to stay put or whether I need to have another go at it. Anyway, can’t wait to try it out on that doily I was working on. I might need to remove a little bit of the wool near the working area of the hook, but I’m going to try it out before I go messing around with it.
In other news, I was in Hobby Lobby the other night and found Red Heart Symphony for $2.12 a skein, so I bought four skeins and started a shawl. I decided to have a try at the Seraphina shawl—I’m hoping four skeins is enough. I think it’s plenty, though. They’re big fluffy skeins. I’m a little ways into the shawl now, enough to have pretty much memorized the pattern and not have to stop and scratch my head every few stitches, and based on how much yarn I’ve used so far I think I’ve got plenty.
