Tag: alpaca

In the video game Journey, you set out on a trek to a mountain in the distance as an unnamed little character known simply as the Traveler. In this game, scarves feature prominently. As the main character advances, his scarf grows in length allowing for increased flight. It is a beautiful feature of the game. This is a game that successfully argues the “video games as art” debate. The soundtrack is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. I wish I had this one on my shelf.

A few years back, I wrote about my adventures on the Long Island Yarn Crawl. It was a 3 part post because I visited so many great shops. In the last and final post, I spoke about The Knitting Garden in Huntington and the amazing door prize I won. For a trip down memory lane, click here. 

Fast forward…

The kit included in the gift was for Quench by Lisa Richardson. This is a light-as-a-feather scarf knit with Rowan Cashmere Haze, a yarn spun from alpaca, cashmere and silk. Ermagerd! Remember the TV show “I Dream of Jeannie”? I imagine the inside of her bottle decorated with pillows and throws made with this stuff. It is divine! 

The scarf is knit with two strands held together, creating very subtle color blocks. The finished scarf is 85″. This crazy length combined with the airy nature of the fabric lends itself to much wrapping around the neck. As an aside, once you start wearing this scarf, it curls in on itself a lot! It looks like one long narrow tube. I would definitely knit a wider selvedge if I were to make it again.

Carver footnote: We have moved beyond the yarn eating phase. 

Another project off the needles is the Constellate Hat by Hunter Hammersen. Her patterns are clever and visually appealing, but this was not one of my favorite knits. I really did not enjoy working on this as much as I had hoped and it has nothing to do with the pattern. Maybe it was the choice of yarn? The hat is warm and the squish factor is high, but making the elongated stitches proved a bit tedious. 

This hat was knit with Fully Spun 3 ply Sport, a deep jewel-toned marled yarn in the colorway Orion, and Cloudborn Fibers Alpaca in Rose Heather for the accent. Unfortunately, I do not have enough left over for a second pom-pom. 

School was closed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., and a snow storm was heading our way. That’s the perfect time to get in the kitchen. I took the opportunity to teach my son how to fabricate chicken wings and make a quick stock from the discarded tips. It is a good skill for a twenty-something fella to possess. He is good company in the kitchen and the end results were delish!

I hope everyone had happy holidays and a smooth transition into the new year!

Love to all!

Regina

Saint of the Day: St. Charles of Sezze. This is a new-to-me saint, but I fell in love with him immediately. St. Charles worked as a shepherd as a child. He joined the Franciscan order as a lay brother. His ability to read or write was limited so he served the order as a cook, porter and gardener. I read where he was described as “an accident waiting to happen”, starting a huge kitchen fire while cooking onions! What’s not to love about this man! There’s a little ReginaMary in this fella! St. Charles’ desire to be poor and to serve the poor made him a blessing to many. I could not find his patronage mentioned anywhere in my readings. Rest assured I will remember St. Charles the next time I forget the rolls under the broiler!

In My Earballs: Journey (Original Video Game Soundtrack)