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June 13, 2005

International Knit In Public Day - 11 June 2005

Well I did my bit - and knitted in a public house at lunchtime with my sister and her hubby in attendance..... The pub: The Shepherd and Shepherdess at Beamish, County Durham, UK; the beer: a pint of Black Sheep....

and I was knitting the Kristina Bag from Black Sheep Bags in Brown Sheep Lambs Pride worsted (seafoam colourway - yum) and Noro Kureyon. Thanks again Amy!!

Here she is pre-felting - I need more fairisle practice to get the tension right, but as this was (a) my first attempt and (b) being felted I thought (in the immortal words of Granny Weatherwax) Buggrit!

It's drying now after it felted a bit too well.... and only after one wash, and not on the hottest cycle. Either my new washer is more efficient or this yarn felts really well. Actually the Kureyon felted magnificently too, and that used to take 3-4 washes in my old machine.... Note to self, when felting in future choose a cooler and less vigorous wash cycle than 60C.....

Posted by glittrgirl at June 13, 2005 01:26 PM

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Boy, you wasted no time on that bag. It looks fantastic! I hope you enjoyed knitting it.

Have a great day,
Amy

Posted by: Your secret pal Amy at June 13, 2005 03:18 PM

Black sheep is one of my fave beers. I totally forgot about it being knitting in public day and Saturday was probably one of the few days this year when I didn't knit in public. Damn.

Black sheep bags/ beer combo = v clever, if only there was a real ale to go with every yarn / pattern. I'd love to see what a wool called 'snecklifter' would look like....

Posted by: Helen at June 13, 2005 08:17 PM