kite, doin' the swirl, touch

we're doin' alright on kite - despite our recent rant and having to rip a few inches short of the cast on, we're getting there. however, we reckon there's got to be an easier way to do the armholes - the whole knit a row, then increase/decrease the next two rows (depending on which side of the armhole you were on...), then repeat 11 times...it's driven us a tad barmy, given that tagliatelle isn't the easiest yarn to count rows on.

we've been slowly working away on swirl knitting from debbie new's book with a resulting knitted handspun yarn swirl. we're thinking of knitting a batch of them with a long tail - the tail part being the body of the skirt, with the swirl being at the bottom, thus making a frill. in theory, at least. could be great, could be crud. them's the breaks.

a touch of yarn from touch:

it's one of the most luscious pure wool yarns that we've had our hands on. mmmmm (danke catherine...). we're not quite sure what to do with 100 grams of lush red 4 ply, but we're planning on consulting a gathering of lace to see if there might be something appropriate hiding within its pages.