Silk, not as nice as you'd think

[fakoriginal]

I have started my first project using bamboo double-pointed needles: a pair of wrist warmers ('cos really, who doesn't need more wrist warmers?) worked in silk. Silk's a funny material, all shiny and soft yet at the same time slippery as hell and prone to separating. Over an hour it took me to convert the skein into a useable (and portable ball).

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[whymzycal]

Ooh, neat! I can just see you being all dangerous and forbidding on the tube with your pointy-pointies and scaring the other commuters. For some reason, that makes me grin.

I'm going to learn how to knit in the round sometime next month. We'll see how I go, but I can tell you right now that I'm not going to try silk anytime soon.

[fakoriginal]

Have you signed up to Ravelry yet? If not, it's worth getting on the waiting list as they are clearing about 1,200 invites a week which is faster than people are signing up. I think it going from beta to public isn't going to be happening particularly soon, probably not this year.

I may stear clear of silk in the future, it's nice and all and good for lacy things, but fiddly. It was on sale when I bought it, so it needs using up.

Socks are my next challenge, just a couple of baby things to knit before the first pair come up in my Ravelry queue.

Oh, and I always scare the other commuters ;-)

[whymzycal]

Just put my name on the list. I don't do much knitting - I'm more of a crocheter - but roklobster's going to teach me how to make a few more interesting things soon.

Why am I not surprised that you always scare the other commuters? You're kind of my hero.

[fakoriginal]

Aha, a crocheter. You might be interested in http://www.theiff.org/oexhibits/05b.html