Spinning: A merino roving from The Yarn Yard – my last in my stash, not counting a pencil roving from the same source. I’m considering knitting the pencil roving into a tea cosy if I can track the pattern down. I’ve not had much success thus far. Also spinning: carded Shetland natural fleece, in a …
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Schizophrenia
Two things: 1) my roving seems to be suffering from schizophrenia. I have a yarn of two parts. Not at all sure what to do to rescue it – but parts of the singles are clear-cut shades-of-blue and the other parts are a subtly-hued blue-through-purple. Plans to chain ply are receding. Barber poles may be …
Limping
That wonderful man that I was wise enough to marry myself to… he’s got my PC up and running for me. I have only limited memory for the time being – it was a memory failure that took my machine down yesterday – but am back in the world again. I’m having to turn off …
Knitting update
Recent success with my skeins has fired my enthusiasm for knitting with my handspun. The first project is to be a Fafner cushion, from Elsebeth Lavold’s Viking Patterns for Knitting book. Currently in Beta, I am knitting a practice piece with my Cheviot 2 ply. I cast it on last night and have almost finished …
Sky and Water II
It’s done, and blocking – to 9″ by 46″ Photo in artificial lighting, with flash. I’ll try to get daylight shots later. It was a bit of a marathon :-} Onward! I shall try to finish the second Morning Surf tomorrow, but it’s only half done, maybe less.
Going well
The Chantilly Lace roving is almost half done now, and it looks very pretty on the bobbin indeed. I am going for long-and-even (relative term)this time around. Still don’t know whether to ply two bobbins together or whether to chain ply it. Still don’t know what to knit it into. The Merope second sock has …