A new knitter to be?

Mrs. T. really hopes one of her four children will become a knitting addict. (There are worse addictions, aren't there?). Unfortunately the eldest three didn't show any interest in yarn at all. Now all her hopes are set on the youngest one. Months ago she gave the poor girl two needles, some yarn and teached her how to use them. Without results. Saterday she even took the girl with her to the Textiel Manifestatie. There it happend. She bought the girl a knitting fork or (Breivork in Dutch)

And who would have guessed, the little girl started forkknitting like crazy! In the picture you see the result of about a half day's work!



Now the girl may be ready for the real thing!
But first she gives this a try:

It’s an over 70 year old knitting board (1938). It used to belong to Mrs. T’s grandmother (another knitting addict). Mrs. T. kept it in the attic together with other old knitting-related stuff. A few days ago she saw a picture of it on Ravelry (thanks to another Dutch knitter). And alas suddenly she has use for the great ‘machine’ again.

B.t.w. The Spear’s Groote Breivlug (Speedknit) knits much faster than a normal knitting board, because of the shape of the ‘needles’.

Ruffles for a scarf

Next to the church in Doesburg is a shop where they sell almost everything, Staarink's Warenhuis (no website). Even yarn. Mrs. T. went there after the Textiel Manifestatie and found the shop had better choice than the fair. Mrs. T. was especiall very lucky to find this:

It's 'Cascade' from Scheepjeswol. The Dutch equivalent of Online Linie 194 Solo ruffle tape yarn. At home she started to knit Annie Modesitt's Ruffled Roses Scarf right away. Well, maybe not really right away. Like always when Mrs. T. finally found the yarn, the pattern was lost.... Luckily it's still here in Dutch.

Been yarnshopping in Doesburg

Mrs. T visited the Nationale Textiel Manifestatie last saterday september 26. in the monumental city of Doesburg. Every two year the old church is the center of everything 'textile art', mostly felting, weaving and knitting. Though mrs. T. loves to felt too, she especially hoped to buy some nice knitting yarn.
She was a bit disappointed by the offer. But she bought a few nice yarns anyway.

Like this one:

This is colorfull yarn made from old sari's fron India or Nepal. It's 100 % silk.

It is sold by Diversan . They also sell yarns made fron bambu and banana leaf.
Mrs. T. has since long wanted to give this Sari yarn try. But the scarf made of Sari shown at the fair was not really to her linking. It may be nicer to combine this silk yarn with something else.

At the same 'shop' she also bought this beautiful (sock)yarn:

It's Araucania Ranco from Chili. This yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamid) was handdyed.

Great yarn to turn into a nice pair of warm socks (for Mrs. T. herself, if nobody else takes it)

Last yarn shop at the fair were these markless and nameless yarns. Bought together with a knitting fork (more about that later). No idea what to make of this yet!