January 26, 2004

Fingerless gloves

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  • pattern: The Knitter's handy book of Patterns (ISBN:1-931499-04-7)
  • yarn: my spindle spun yarn
  • spindle: Emily, homemade(?) Navajo spindle
  • wool: Crosspatch Creation "Opal"
  • needle: Plymouth bamboo, US#0 & 1

I spun the single with Emily spindle, then did Navajo ply. It is fun to knit with homespun yarn. Maybe because of the Navajo ply, knitted fabric has subtle stripes. I don't spin much with my spindle recently, but I really should do it.

I bought this "Opal" roving and Emily spindle almost 2 years ago from The Bellewether. At that time my husband and I were living in Seattle, so we drove there on one weekend. The store was not big but they had so many good things!

Posted by noriko at January 26, 2004 08:44 PM
Comments

Very nice! Fingerless gloves for my sister-in-law are on my list; I like the Anne Budd book, too.
Noriko, can you tell about the fair isle from Tanishi House? It's very beautiful, and I've never seen anything like it before.

cheers!

Posted by: Lisa at January 27, 2004 06:45 AM

Hi Lisa, I think some of Tanishi-san's fair isle sweaters are Japanese knit designer's and others are her original or partly original.

I'm no Fair isle expert at all so the following is only my personal opinion... I think many of her fair isle sweaters use basic fair isle patterns (such as XOXO), but maybe color combinations are different from what we often see in Western countries?

..I hope my English makes sense.

Oh, Tanishi-san said your compliment was a great encouragement!

Posted by: Noriko at January 27, 2004 04:45 PM

Hi, Noriko-san!
Lisa, thank you for your compliment. I am very glad!
But I can not speak(write?) English well, so I am very sorry.
My fair-isle color combinations are different from traditional color. Noriko-san's opinion is collect.

Fingerless gloves are very nice!

Posted by: Tanishi at January 27, 2004 10:47 PM

I mistake:collect--->correct

Posted by: Tanishi at January 28, 2004 03:22 AM

Noriko-san, Tanishi-san, thank you so much for writing about this! I think that the Powder-Room Rose is gorgeous in those colors; I think Tanishi-san's sense of color is expert! The XOX is very traditional, but the colors are gorgeous. I am very inspired by this work, and would like to see more.

Thank you!

Posted by: Lisa at January 28, 2004 06:34 AM

Sorry, I have the name of the beautiful sweater wrong; it's the Sea Pink, not Powder-Room Rose.
Noriko, thank you so much for the link to Tanishi House; I've found the gallery, and I can't believe my eyes...those are gorgeous sweaters! I am even more inspired!

Posted by: Lisa at January 28, 2004 06:52 AM