....OK......

I guess you've been good and waited long enough!!!

 I'll show you what we made

while we were down beside the seaside!!!

We found a LYS

(local yarn store)

on Roanoke Island

which is on the Western side of the Outer Banks

the owner is very helpful and full of information

about all the yarns she has

she also knows all the different ways of knitting

she teaches as well so she has seen it all

the armpit knitters

the crotch knitters

the knee knitters

all the different ways of holding the yarn

the Continental

the English

the Portuguese

with the yarn thrown around your neck and the thumb going

the South American

which is how I do it

she can do all of them

fantastic!!!

after we had looked around we found some yarns

and she asked if we'd like to wind it

she has one of those contraptions that holds the skein and rotates as you pull the yarn

You yarnies who make your own yarn will know what I mean

I lost the photos I took of it!!!

(Curses)

anyway she did the first one and then let me do the other two

this is the winder full of the yarn

(I want one!!!!)

for a scarf  for my sister

It is done in Tunisian stitch

with a big fat needle

size K

and a pattern from the book my sister bought me for my birthday

(what a spoilt brat I am.....)

the other book I bought at a book store another day.

(this is Tdc)

(this is two tog and Tsimplestitch)

 

 

so this is the scarf I made

with stitches I have never done before

but are easy to do

the yarn is from Peru

cotton

 grown on the coast and spun in the foothills

it smells of something wonderful

we don't know what!!!!

We had no way of blocking it so it's a bit wonky

but then

......

so are we!!!!!

and this is the scarf my sister made

with two needles and the yarn she chose

a mercerised cotton that is to die for!!!!!

Watching her knit again after so long, as I said before, was fabulous

elbows out    tongue out   :p

concentrating so hard to count and remember to change the stitch

panicking if she dropped one or messed up .....

precious!!!!!!

when the red one was done

I started another one for her

with an even softer blue

same yarn as the red and just as wonderful

pattern from the other book

the lady at the yarn shop gave me the hook as a b/d present

which was so sweet of her

and I recommend going there if you ever find yourself in Manteo

and I hope you do one day

the name of the shop is

Fine Yarns At Kimbeeba

tell her the two English sisters sent you!!!

I'll show you some other yarns in another post....

and what else was going on in the cottage by the sea!!!

back to the blue one........have to get it done before the cold sets in.....

thanks for stopping by

 :)

!!!!!