I finished the Torch Island spinning and got a total of 186 yards of 3 ply, approx aran weight. Mr L liked it, so it is to be a hat for him. I began a Noro Hat this afternoon. Halfway up the body, I realise that I am going to be short of yarn. Choices: …
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Chantilly Lace
PHOARRRRR!!!! Etsy :: copperpot :: CUSTOM BLEND….wool roving spin needlefelt knit crochet craft merino colonial tencel 4oz. Chantilly Lace *want*
Photo call
My new drop spindle, with quartz whorl, and the soy silk I received as a gift last year. It is going to take me months, I think! But what a joyous colour that fibre is. And the Torch Island spinning. One skein and remaining fibre – except that I have spun half a bobbin this …
So-so-sew
A lengthy puzzle session in bed last night resulted in no progress on either remaining puzzle but gave plenty of mindless knitting opportunity – and Kenaz is off the needles. Is Kenaz completed? I think maybe not. Despite careful weighing and calculating, I have a quantity of yarn remaining. I can now knit a gusset …
Torchy
Torchy, Torchy, the battery boy…. Remember him? 🙂 This afternoon I made inroads on the Torch Island roving. I began to worry about it as I spun it (span it?). The colours are quite high contrast really (chocolate brown, magenta, tangerine) and the single was well marled. Plying it might make it very muddy and …
Photo session
I dusted off my DSLR today, it has been many months since it saw the light of day. I even got out the tripod. I’m trying to practise yarn shots. It’s not going well. Lights, I need lights and reflectors… Anyway – here’s the rovings that arrived yesterday This is Inferno, merino roving from Copperpot …