Or, the Re Claiming of Arabesque:
Jade Starmore's design in Collecter's Item was started in 1999-2000. I spent some time in the hospital in 2001 and when I returned home and was well enough to pick up my knitting, I saw I made a grevious error in the hems facing. I put it aside. Over the years, that knitting lived in my stash closet, periodically moving further and futher into the back, and heaped with other yarn for 12 years. I didn't want to see it at all. I sort of forgot about Arabesque.
Last week I found it while searching for some other yarn. I decided to re claim it and see if I could straigtend the kinks our of this Old Campion yarn. This is the frogging process. This re quired 12 years of De-Kinking!
Frist, visiting the Frog Pond to RIPPIT OUT!
THEN COMES THE HOT WATER AND RE BUNDLING WET YARN!
I HAD A LOT MORE KNITTING DONE WITH A HUGE MISTAKE THAN I REMEMBERED...UGH!
FROGGED YARN
WET YARN DRYING!
Let the knitting begin!
I started knitting and am doing Chart A. It is going well - but not enough photograph. I hope it will look something like Jade's picture below.
Stay Tuned. Pictures of Progress Next time.
This is the Design ARABESQUE by Jade Starmore in the Collector's Item.
This is the 12 years of de kinking.
oh my goodness, what a lot of ripping! you are a Saint.
Posted by: Gigi | August 21, 2012 at 07:08 PM