Comments on: hexagonical

By: msknit

msknit — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:53:24 +0000

So happy to find that I am not alone in having Tess’ yarn bleed. I too had brown hands and needles. When I called the owner of Tess’ yarn after having washed it to remove the heavy perfume smell of fabric softener and noticed the dye came out of the superwash merino. She said I could wash it in very hot water which I did 3 times. I thought all the excess dye was removed and started knitting with it also at night. My hands were brown and it was just not acceptable to me. In speaking to the owner again she said I could have a chemical in my skin that caused it to happen and then HUNG UP on me. Unbelieveable! I’ve sworn off this yarn even though the
yarn feels great and the colors are beautiful. They should let people know that their yarns are not colorfast. Nice to know I’m not alone

By: Octopus Knits

Octopus Knits — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:23:05 +0000

Can’t wait to see it!

By: Lolly

Lolly — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:17:03 +0000

I am quite excited about this one, E. You are most definitely a skirt person :)

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:07:23 +0000

I've been described as "not much of a skirt person" either, and I guess this is relatively true (esp. in the winter, but also partially because of my job) but I LOVE this skirt you are making!!!! So my question to you is, how do you wear a hand-knitted skirt? With a sweater? A blouse? Or doesn't it matter so much? I love the other one you knit too. Almost makes me want to venture into skirt knitting. But I *just* got the whole knitted sweater thing down, so I think I'll revel in that for a bit before venturing onto anything new! LOL!

By: k

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:05:20 +0000

That skirt fascinated me when I looked through the book – well many Norah constructions do – so I’m excited to see your FO. The colour looks great!

By: nova

nova — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:11:25 +0000

I have been told that I am not a skirt person too. It made me go out and get a bunch of skirts the next day. Most of those skirts still have tags on them (from 5 years ago!!), but I will wear one if nothing else in my wardrobe is clean. I do like the idea of wearing skirts, though…

By: Elinor

Elinor — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:39:12 +0000

Oh, I can’t wait to see this FO! I hope you got all the excess dye out. I love skirts more than anything but I rarely wear them for the reasons you outline. I also think it’s a bit harder for me to wear skirts because I’m so short that my feet rarely touch the floor when I sit in a regular chair. Requires lots of leg crossing or end-of-seat perching. *sigh*

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:30:56 +0000

Knitting Nature sure has some nice skirts! Can’t wait to see how yours turned out.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:51:39 +0000

Oooo! I can’t wait to see it! I have been wanting to make this skirt. Waiting for the right inspiration and yarn.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:20:41 +0000

Ooooh, can’t wait to see it!