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Swiftly Shawled

October 13, 2005 By Carole

As you may recall, I had a major birthday a few weeks back. Wanna see what I got with some of my birthday cash?
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(And before anyone asks, no, I did not buy the wheel with birthday money. I bought that just because I wanted it. Sometimes you just have to buy something just. because. you. want. it.)

But I digress. See that lovely wooden swift? And the nifty little ball winder next to it? I just love them! No more draping skeins over the backs of chairs or enlisting uncooperative children! No more tangled skeins! No more hours of winding messy roly-poly yarn balls. Now I can wind up my skeins whenever I want – and quickly, too.

And see that yummy yarn? That’s the koigu I got (on sale!) with Norma at Kaleidoscope Yarns. Look at these adorable little koigu cakes! Aren’t they just the cutest things?
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I was so excited I started a shawl right away. Quick and easy was what I wanted and that’s what I got. Here’s Mason providing his technical expertise. You may note that he’s laying across not only the shawl but also the Trekking Feather and Fan socks. He’s an equal opportunity pest, that cat.
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And here’s the shawl, which I finished on Tuesday and wore on Wednesday. No, I didn’t get an artsy photo shoot like some people. You’re just going to have to settle for the shawl draped over a chair in the dining room.
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But isn’t it pretty? The colors are very neutral with splashes of orange and blue here and there. I can see myself grabbing for this baby all the time. It’s very soft and warm and I just love it. I used this pattern, only added some stitches on the edges and made it way bigger.

And now that I’ve told you my knitting tale, we will return to our regularly scheduled spinning.

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Comments

  1. Mindy says

    October 13, 2005 at 1:15 pm

    My dad made me a swift when he saw how much they cost. (really an excuse to get me to make him socks) I love it. I can’t imagine not having it.

    The shawl is pretty. I love the colors.

  2. Birdsong says

    October 13, 2005 at 1:21 pm

    Love the colors (and the cat!)

  3. Laurie says

    October 13, 2005 at 4:26 pm

    It took me over a year to spring for the swift, and I haven’t looked back since. It sure was cheaper than couples therapy.

    The shawl is beautiful, and does look warm. I need to get cracking.

  4. Helen says

    October 13, 2005 at 4:27 pm

    The Koigu is beautiful! Aren’t swifts fun? 🙂

  5. margene says

    October 13, 2005 at 4:49 pm

    My swift is always at the ready.
    LOVE your shawl. Who knew we’d enjoy grabbing one to keep the chill away.

  6. sandy says

    October 13, 2005 at 9:30 pm

    The perspective of that picture made me think that the swift was larger than the table. Which immediately got my heart beating fast. But then reason came over me and I realized that perhaps knitters do not need a swift that big.
    Cute kitty. Lovely koigu shawl.

  7. Kathy says

    October 13, 2005 at 11:03 pm

    The shawl is very pretty! Only three skeins?

  8. Norma says

    October 13, 2005 at 11:40 pm

    Holy cow, that was fast! Love those little Koigu cakes. I have some sitting on my desk, too. Supposed to be a sleeve by now…but they’re…NOT.

  9. jessica says

    October 15, 2005 at 11:06 am

    Hi Carole! Now I will have to hunt you down to learn to make grape juice…all of those grapes plague me every year….new lornas yesterday – lots and lots of new sock yarn….about half is up…you are the first to know.

  10. Marcia says

    October 15, 2005 at 6:10 pm

    That shawl is gor-gee-o-so. I book marked the pattern.

  11. Beverly says

    October 15, 2005 at 7:16 pm

    Swifts are great. By now you’ve experienced the wonderful little puff of air that comes from the swift at the end of winding a ball. I’ve had one and a ballwinder for years, but I just learned to make a center pull ball by hand this year.

    Did you design the shawl pattern? It’ gorgeous.

  12. JessaLu says

    October 17, 2005 at 10:42 pm

    Beautiful shawl! One of my first purchases was a swift and ballwinder – with my SO’s blessing after he was enlisted one evening for skein-holding ;o)

  13. Kellee says

    October 19, 2005 at 9:49 am

    Do I understand from this post that you knit that lovely shawl you were wearing last night in, like, two days?

    **sigh**

  14. Diane H K says

    October 23, 2005 at 10:03 am

    *Sigh* So nice to see a Siameezer enjoying knitting. He’s a beautiful seal point boy. I miss my meezer girl all the more now–she was a great one for napping on the knitting. And she never, ever played with the yarn.

    Swifts are fantastic. I recently purchased one, too, after 8 years of spinning without one. I can’t believe I suffered that long!

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