The joke, after I taught myself to knit years ago, was I couldn't count to 3. I am very strong in math, always have been, so this came as a rather big shock. I can track pages of numbers with perfect accuracy but, in knitting, I couldn't make it to 3. I just could not find the numerical rhythm in following a knitting pattern. Charts helped a lot but still...anything larger than a repeat of 2, it could be bet on, I was going to mess it up.
Moving on to card weaving.....discovered I couldn't count to 4! Thankfully I was able to solve that (I hope!) this morning. I'll be giving it one more go tomorrow morning, if I don't oversleep. If still successful, I will move onto a more interesting design. I've been making a card woven band on the inkle loom. The weaving itself has been no problem, I am very consistent so just a matter of being able to track the design properly.
My black, red, and white yarn arrived so I am all set for weaving yarns.
My book 250 braids... arrived yesterday. It looks great. I've added a few more to my list of 'must try' braids. Included with that shipment was some Imposter silk. I'm interested in how it works out for braiding. I can't say, I like the feel of it, at all. The color is lovely though.
I finished an 18 strand flat Kumihimo braid yesterday. It is going to require blocking to look it's best but it is rather appealing.
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