Jul 24 2009
Not so Great Fiber and New Project
Aren’t Friday’s supposed to be “easy” days at work? Usually less stressful? For me they’ve almost always been the “easy” work day, but not today! It was one of those Murphy’s Law days where anything that could have gone wrong, did. Since I’m pretty wiped out this week (yet again it seems), I’ll keep this post fairly short.
Yesterday I went home and tried to spin one of the batts from Gonmegarden…
Gnomegarden Batts
…only to find it was pretty matted. I tried drafting some of it up and was mostly successful, but there were what I can only call knots or lumps in the fiber that was messing everything up when I tried to spin it. To make things even more frustrating, the sparkly bits were in knots some places, which didn’t spin well at all. I spent an hour attempting to spin it up and got only a little done. I was not enjoying it at all, so I pulled what I’d done off the bobbin and put it all away until some other time that I feel like dealing with it.
Instead got out the Green Sheep Fingering in Hearts on Fire from The Unique Sheep…
So pretty!
…and knit a swatch for the Secret Garden Shawl KAL.
Swatch done using the first chart in the first clue of the pattern.
I knit the swatch on US 4’s, but I think I need to go up to US 6’s. I’m not super worried about getting the right gauge with lace. For me, it’s what the fabric looks like and if I like it. I know I’ll have plenty of yarn, so if it’s a bit bigger then the pattern calls for, I don’t need to worry about it. I can’t wait to get caught up through clues 1 and 2 (the pattern is put out in clues each week) and started on clue 3 which was sent out last night. I have to say, I really like this yarn and it gets even softer with washing! Hopefully I’ll have some progress to show you next week 
Do you have any plans this weekend? I’m going to Knit On! (LYS) tomorrow with Karen. It’s their first day open at their new shop, so we’re going to go check it out. Later in the evening, Matt and I are going to Game Night. Sunday morning I’ll be spending some time with my mom and any other free time this weekend has to go to getting the house clean and more in order. Will it ever end?!? I think I need a vacation!
Have a good weekend everyone!
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Not everyone loves spinning batts. It can be difficult with the sparkles in it or if it hasn’t been carded well. I totally understand wanting to set it aside for something else! My weekend plans are to watch Jon grout the bathroom floor. Or rather I’ll be sitting on the couch knitting and playing on the laptop while he does it…