Filemot & Spud & Chloë (giveaway)
There is a place in this world for auto pilot knitting. The stuff you can knit in the dark at the movie theater, or over a beer in the dimly lit bar, or while watching some deeply engrossing tv show. Projects like that are lovely, and there are several of them in this book. This is not one of them. This is unabashedly fiddly. You’ve got lots of ribbing, you’ve got stuff going on on both right- and wrong-side rows, and you’ve even got twisted decreases. But, for the love of all things woolly, the result is so worth it.
If you’re going to put that kind of work into a project, you wan to use a yarn that will last beautifully. This one, by Spud & Chloë is just the thing. It’s made with six tiny plies which are first twisted together into three pairs, then brought together into one cohesive, balanced whole. I love yarns put together this way as they tend to feel delicate but wear like iron. And of course, the 80% merino 20% silk mix bounces the light around beautifully. It really is a perfect match.
And one of you is going to get to see just how perfect a match for yourself! Spud & Chloë has donated two skeins of Fine (plus a lovely project bag to keep your work safe). If you’d like it to be yours, just leave a comment here telling me how you feel about fiddly knitting. Not gonna happen? Worth it for the right project? The fiddlier the better? There is no right or wrong answer, just let me know what you think!
Comments left between now and the end of the day (eastern time) Thursday, November 27th, 2014 will be entered to win. I’ll pick a winner, contact them to get their addresses, and arrange to get the goodies to them. When you leave a comment, be sure to use a real email address so I can contact you if you’ve won (I won’t do anything with those email addresses besides notify the winner). If I do get in touch with you, I need to hear back from you within 72 hours or I will pick a new winner and contact them.
Fiddly knitting, why not. But only when I’m allone at home (except the dogs), so I have always many projects for the right time one my needles.
I love Filemot in this color……
Have always wanted to try Spud and Chloe. What a perfect excuse to do so… Thanks for the generosity.
Fiddlier the better! This is the pattern I was immediately drawn to in the book!
I like fiddly knitting when I’m at home and the kids are in bed, but if I’m out and about it’s got to be simple
I like the fiddly knitting, but it has to be when I’m by myself and able to concentrate! In other words, the project has to fit the situation – that must be why I have so many WIPs … to enable me to have just the right project at any time 😉
Fiddly knitting is best done when you are completely alone. No distractions and no danger of others hearing the inevitable bad words!
Fiddly knitting: I am totally worth it. 🙂 I also do some fiddly knitting for a very select few family members – those who appreciate the knits, which rules out my SILs – and moderately-fiddly knitting for the hats I donate every year for Navy sailors.
I love fiddly knitting but with an almost two-year-old underfoot I’m not currently getting any done :-/
I enjoy fiddly knitting when I have the time to concentrate, but always need something easier on the go too.
I like a challenge. It requires some sustained quiet time that I only get on a school vacation or snow day!
I love when I can approach a project one stitch at a time. It never ceases to amaze what can be done with needles and yarn. Very rewarding!
When I’m not under pressure of a deadline then I’m all for fiddly knitting – mostly on the weekends and not after a day’s work. I love seeing the patterns develop and learning new skills.
I reserve fiddly knitting for when the kids go to bed, since they always need something the moment I pick up the needles.
I’m afraid I’m a “not gonna happen” kind of girl. I’m willing to do a little bit of cabling when I’m not distracted, but beyond that and it’s not relaxing anymore. The patterns still beautiful though, I just need a stunt knitter.
I usually have several projects going simultaneously, and one is always fiddly–the type of pattern, like Filemot, that is complex and looks impossible, but that gradually becomes clear and logical, almost intuitive. A hugely satisfying process and gorgeous knitting at the end–knitter heaven!
I enjoy a fiddly knit now and again. My husband gets a lot of my knitted goods, but he doesn’t like anything fancy (ugh), so I spend the fiddly energy on something for myself or for one of my sisters, who certainly appreciate the time and effort that go into their new hat/scarf/socks/whatever.
I don’t mind fiddly, as long as it’s not frustrating-fiddly-you know-WHY CAN’T I MAKE THIS WORK fiddly. Also if it’s something that has a bit of rhythm to it I don’t mind.
Fiddly is ok I just need to lock myself in a room away from distraction
Fiddly knitting is absolutely worth it! I do need to also have a really easy project on the needles to switch to when my mind’s not up to the fiddly stuff – or when I’m at knit night and talking while knitting.
Fiddly knitting is worth it if it’s a pattern I really want to knit. The only problem I have is losing interest before it’s finished.
I do fiddly when I am up alone in the mornings. Even if I am up alone at night it’s too difficult to concentrate.
This was the pattern that made me order your book the first day it was available — if I have to fiddle to knit it, that is just fine with me! (Lace, cables, complex shaping — I love it all.) The right yarn can turn a fiddly project into a pleasure, and it looks like you found the perfect pairing with the Spud and Chloe Fine. Beautiful!
This pattern is totally worth the time and! yarn investment – it is soooo gorgeous! It would be nice to knit this same shawl up w. the yarn!!!
I like a little fiddly knitting, and usually have something on the needles. I generally also have an autopilot project on the go too.
I’ve been cranking out color-work mittens, which really may not be all that fiddly, but I also like to have a pair of self-patterning socks going in a yarn like Opal at all times for those situations when I just can’t pay attention.