At long last, the Ocean Drift roving is all spun up and skeined.
A pretty yarn, very silky and with much drape.
Project details and photographs.
Tag archives: green
Catching up
Spinning Spinning was Chez Woolgatherer today. We had the Moist Chocolate Cake and some (not)Mars Bar Crispies for the gluten-free choice. I managed to spin quite a decent amount of my roving before my hand cramped up, and I was pleased with that. There will be something to ply soon! I also did a show …
PS4 North FO: Joy without Joy
These socks were a fun and speedy knit. Each sock took just two days to knit.
Laeticia – a sock pattern from the Twist Collective, by Stephanie van der Linden. I knitted these for myself from Toddy, my favourite sock yarn from The Yarn Yard.
A Project Spectrum project.
Endings and Beginnings
Completely surprised this evening to find that I have completed my Laeticia socks. Yesterday I picked it up, with just an inch of cuff completed, and put it down again at bed time, with the heel turned. Never for a moment did I believe that I could complete the foot today, but I have! Not only that, but I am making fast inroads into Mr L’s boring socks and am about to fashion a heel flap for the second sock.
What to do…
Pondering a day with no demands. Knitty books, and foodie ideas… and a rather feeble Green of the Day.
Green of the Day 02 April 2009
I make no bones of the fact that I hate gettimg off my backside to go to town. I hate leaving my island. I’ll do anything to avoid the sheer hard slog of doing 8 weeks’ worth of shopping in one day. Happily, there is an up side to all that effort and disruption – …