Mim’s Blog

Let’s cover the weekend first shall we?

I made a veritable ton of jam! And the 3 jars of peach salsa on the left. the nectarine jam on the right was made on Saturday morning, and the Blackberry & Plum jam (yes, it really is a mouth watering as it sounds) in the middle was Sunday morning. Don’t mind the messy counter.

I finished the Selbuvotter (mittens from Selbu, Norway) that I was test knitting for Terri on Friday night. I can’t give you specs because they’re for her book, but they were fun to knit, even though they were a VERY small gauge. And they fit my hands, so that’s a good sign.

I also finished C’s socks, aka Socky II. I’m not sure what yarn it was as it was sitting in my stash for a few years, half knit up. But I used US 1 6″ bamboo double points from Plymouth, and I used the same specs as these socks from July for C, but made them substantially taller. He should be happy with them, I think. He’s requested that I wash them before he wears them though, because they’re “too hard”.

I’m swatching for the Black Pearl Yarns Design (haven’t swatched it in the cashmere yet though) and it’s turning out really pretty!  I can’t wait to get the yarn and start in on it!

And a notice for all Hidcote knitters, there’s a missing symbol in Chart 10, so I’ll be sending out an e-mail soon, but that appears to be all of the errata.

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Melissa finished her Icarus in a handpainted yarn (not sure which one) and it’s just beautiful!