Materials, Ideas, and Learning
March 21st, 2007
Would you believe, being the yarn snob that I am, I will probably wizz through quite the large skein of acryllic yarn for this Heel Compendium project? I’m not even pushing myself through it; I feel driven to do this despite the material.
I like the feel of natural fibers, I like the thought of using natural fibers, and I like the many great qualities of many natural fibers (warmth & water retention of wool, softness of silk, warmth of alpaca, etc). This is why I have not done much with non-natural fibers since I started knitting. I’m OK with knitting a wool sock yarn with a little nylon (Cascade), but I get so excited by yarn such as Malabrigo’s merino, or Blue Sky Alpaca’s alpaca & silk.
OK, so I’ll give this yarn I’m using a little credit. It is soft, and the color is shiny and saturated. It does feel kind of squeaky like you’d expect acryllic to feel though. I think there are a lot of things about this Heel Compendium project that inspire me to continue whatever material I’m using. First, I love learning, and with each new heel I’m discovering its strengths, weaknesses, and whether or not I would choose to knit it into my own socks. Second, these things are taking no time at all to complete. The larger ones are probably taking 3-4 hours, and the smaller ones (can you say, short row?) are taking about an hour.
So I think what I need to make a project exciting are some of the following things: great colors, great fibers, or new ideas/techniques.
Just wanted to pop in and say I’m enjoying the sock heel tutorials and look forward to trying them out!
Thanks Annie, I’m glad you’re finding them useful