Cats Paw Scarf laid out to dry. This is the closest that I get to proper blocking… spot the mistake…
I’m stuck for bobbins now. Winding the SMC around my arm was not hugely successful…
…and neither was the spinning and plying. I appear to have spun a poodle!
Washing this stuff was fascinating. I soaked it in warm water, two or three changes, and lots of dirt and lanolin came out. I then gave it a detergent wash and it fluffed up as soon as it hit the water again. I felt it rising under my hands! It just kept on growing…
It’s very bouclé. Très bouffant too. A real bad hair day, in fact - and a much duller colour than I had expected.
Maybe the next skein will be better…
On the bobbins now are two halves of Cheviot singles, one of pink merino roving, and plied Cheviot on the fourth.
After today’s lesson with the SMC, I am waiting for the niddy noddy to appear before emptying this last bobbin and plying the remainder of the Cheviot.
Once that is done, I can spin up some more Cheviot. I’m keeping going on the merino concurrently, just to keep up some variety.
One thing’s for sure - my plying has improved a little!
What? The sock? Oh, tomorrow, maybe… can’t you wait until I have two? No? OK. Tomorrow. The camera needs new batteries and I can’t be bothered right now.
Similar woolgatherings:
- Novelty yarn
- Slow Progress
- Slow progress
- Skeined
- Knit one, purl one, spin one, stitch and glue two, spin three, knit two…
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natalie | 31-Jul-07 at 9:14 am | Permalink
I can’t see a mistake…. Have I just failed as a lace knitting judge?
And I love the poodle, it’s great. Your merino looks very fine, are you plying it on itself or on the multi coloured roving?
Me | 31-Jul-07 at 8:22 pm | Permalink
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probably - it is a large mistake, as it happens
I don’t know what I’ll be doing with the merino yet. I am too inexperienced to have formed any ideas. All I know is that I don’t want to ruin it. So I am taking it nice and steady.