More on the handspun front
My darling man helped buy my spinning wheel, and one of his conditions was, "The first thing you knit from yarn you spin has to be socks for me." Well, good news first: I started spinning up sock yarn for him.
This is the handpainted superwash Colonial I purchased at Shepherd's Harvest. I split my four ounces into three sections; this one is two of the sections spun and plied together to make 230 yards of really great yarn. The fiber is drafting like a dream, and I'm ending up with very even (though not perfectly even) and lustrous yarn. I only purchased four ounces, though, so I'll be a little short. To remedy this, I purchased four ounces of superwash fiber in "copper"; I'll be plying one single of that with a single of what I have left over of the handpainted roving. If I need still more, I'll do some 2-ply of just the copper. I finally cracked open the Twisted Sister's book I've had for about two years and this is where I got my plan.
The bad news is that I started knitting something else with my handspun:
I couldn't stand it any more! I needed some simple lace, and needed to knit some handspun. This is the merino/tencel, and it's knitting up very nicely. I will likely not have enough to make a scarf of any reasonable length, so I might just have to get more. I'm using size four needles and this pattern.
I think he'll forgive me when he gets socks from that gorgeous yarn I've spun him.
Tipper @ 9:13 PM * link
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