I'm happy to report that my Friday went exactly as I was hoping. Work was quiet, and I spent a good portion of the day knitting and reading. I was hoping for more of the same over the weekend, but then the Mister came down with a Man Cold, which meant he took to his bed and I was left to do everything. At least it was a weekend and I didn't have to work on top of all that!
I wrapped up last week by skeining and washing my latest handspun project. My mixed-wool four-ply ended up worsted weight and a whopping (ha) 148 yards:
It reads as mainly red and brown from far away, but one thing I love about handspun and especially handspun from David's fiber is that up close you can see even more color:
I couldn't let my wheel be naked for too long, and I've just started a new combo spin combining two of David's colorways -- the ones circled in the big fiber picture:
Both were predominantly purple and either orange or gold, so I separated the two colors and am spinning two skeins of three-ply yarn, one using the warm colors and one using the purples. I started with the oranges and golds:
I am hoping to get yarn that is more or less sport weight when plied in order to knit a pair of colorwork mittens.
Lest you think all I've been doing is spinning lately, here's an update on how my hat is going:
I am really enjoying these colors and think it's very likely this will get finished up by the end of the week -- in part because I'm getting the urge to start a sweater, but I'm not allowing myself to cast on until I finish this up.
Here's hoping Monday is kind to all of us!
I hope you don't get the Man Cold (but I believe women are immune)! Your spinning is lovely and I really like how the colors are striping on that hat.
ReplyDeleteOh no, the dreaded Man Cold! I love that hat.
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't get the Man Cold because the Woman Cold comes with the requirement of still having to Do.All.The.Usual.Things. I think that combo spin will be so lovely! And I too love that hat!
ReplyDeleteEchoing everyone else on the Man Cold! Love your spinning and I love how up close you see more colors. Fun! That hat is so pretty too.
ReplyDeleteYour spinning is beautiful. It's a miserable time of the year for a Man-Cold or any other kind of cold. I hope it doesn't spread through the household.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors in the hat!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the colors in that mixed wool skein!
ReplyDeletethat new combo spin might be my favorite thing you've spun in a while (do I say that often? I imagine I do!) those golds ... and I can't wait to see how they shine with the purples!
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