Day: 20 March 2012

crochet

mystery yarn

My Nanna spent the last few years of her life in a retirement hostel.  Her short-term memory wasn’t so flash.  At some stage she bought some unlabelled yarn and stashed it away in a cupboard (she had been an avid knitter).  My Mum eventually came across this yarn that Nanna no longer remembered buying, and it moved from Nanna’s stash into hers, and then years later into mine.

Nanna's mystery yarn

There was 600g of what seems to be around 10 to 12 ply yarn. It looks and feels as though it has been hand-dyed, and potentially even hand-spun. I am guessing that it is wool with some alpaca, but there could be something acrylic in there too. A friend and I did a burn test:

the burn test

At first the it just blackened in the flame, but with a little determination it did burst into flame, but quickly then went out again, leaving that little shrunken ball behind. I’d love some input from anyone experienced in doing this type of thing! Anyway, I’ve almost used it all up now, crocheting a Joplin Vest. Photos of the finished vest to come later in the week – once the ends are woven in.

Nanna's mystery yarn

what I wore

what I wore – week 11

There goes another week.  They are flying past, faster and faster and faster.  As quickly as I cross items from my to-do list, I add others.

what I wore - week 11

Melbourne has turned on a last gasp effort to convince us that we did have summer after all.  It’s been divine autumn weather with cool nights and mornings but glorious sunny days.  The forecast says that it isn’t going last much past tomorrow.  And I am very over daylight saving – the dark mornings just make me want to roll back over in bed and continue to sleep!  I’ve been mentally planning my winter sewing, because I’m sure that it isn’t all that far away now.