Lately I’ve been feeling a bit bored with my wips. Now that the Diagonal Stitch Cardy is off the needles, and with the much-loathed task of sewing in a zip left to do, only the itch to be able to wear it is keeping me interested. Blocking did wonders for it, actually. I don’t normally take a photo of a garment pre-blocking, and I should have waited, because I was able to use pins to get rid of the ribbing muffin top look and it flattened out beautifully.

The only other knitting wips I have are two socks, and both are second socks so they don’t have the interest of venturing into new territory. Still, I don’t want to start anything new – not even Tomato – until I have at least one pair finished.

What has got me wanting to start several projects at once is weaving. Fortunately – or unfortunately – I only have one loom so I have to do one project at a time. Last night I finished what I’m now calling the White Diamonds Scarf:

Woven from two balls of Cleckheaton Country 8ply. The diamond pattern is flatter and mure subtle on the back, but still attractive. I’ve learned a bit about matching the yarn weight with the correct reed ‘dpi’. To get square diamonds – as long as they are wide – I needed to use a smaller reed. Still, I’m pleased with the result.

Now I have to choose between three projects I’m itching to work on.

1) A grey and burgundy herringbone patterned something. Not sure what the something should be, though. Scarf? Pillow? Bag? Cat rug?

2) Painted warp weaving. You take (or dye) varigated yarn, warp up the loom matching the colour changes so you get graduated stripes up the length of the fabric, and then weave with a solid colour. Both of the yarns Mum bought me for my birthday would work beautifully. Again, the question is what to make.

3) Cotton hand towels for Mum for Christmas. My loom isn’t quite big enough to make tea towels on, but Mum does like to use small towels in the kitchen for drying her hands. I’ve ordered some cotton from Bendy for this, but I’ve since googled up info on how to use 4ply despite my smallest reed being too large for it, and I have 4ply in the stash…