There has been knitting and spinning going on around here and I finally decided to share!
Here are some cormo/soysilk singles on the bobbin wainting to become a two-ply.
That’s my homemade lazykate made out of a shoebox I stole from G. It worked great, way better than the upright style kate that came with my wheel. And here we have the finished yarn, it’s balanced and wonderfully squishy/soft.
It is resting on a mason dixon bathmat (to be gifted), it seems like it it will live up to it’s name ( the Great Absorba).
Another MD creation has been completed since the picture was taken, a ballband warshrag. It will be a facecloth I think, it’s definitely soft enough for that duty.
This weekend we took a little trip up to Temecula and I found an awesome yarn shop. Temecula Valley Yarn Company was a wonderful place to visit and be inspired. The ladies were wonderful; friendly and interested and knowlegable. I tried to spin on a couple of Ashford wheels, a traditional and the castle style and I didn’t really like either, so I’m glad that I ended up with my workhorse wheel, my Fricke. I have the double treadle. They had a Lendrum in the window and a Majacraft Suzie both of which are gorgeous wheels and I know the Lendrum spins really nice and smooth. I’m still looking for the perfect yarn to make a new sweater for G and can’t settle down on a big project to keep me busy in the interim but some Arctic Lace might have snared my interest. That all for now folks, I’ll try to be more regular in the future.
Runagogo total year to date: 95 miles year to date (sooo close)!
