Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Jul 22 2009
Last night I spent two hours plying and skeining the lovely merino singles I finished spinning Monday night. I ended up with about 210 yards.
Emerald City, merino, 210 yards
Close up.
I really need to get a wraps per inch tool so I can get a better idea of the weight of yarn. Looking at it, it [...]
Jul 21 2009
This past weekend, I finished drafting up the rest of the mernio from Zarzuela’s Fibers in the Emerald City colorway.
Picture taken using my iPhone since I forgot to take one with my camera before I started spinning - whoops!
Friday and Saturday I spent an hour each day pre-drafting. Sunday I spent about 20 minutes finishing [...]
Jul 20 2009
This weekend seemed busy, but long. I feel like I at least got a lot done, so that’s always a plus! We did 5 loads of laundry yesterday, which didn’t seem so bad because we only had one to fold at a time compared to the 2 we would do at a time when we [...]
Jul 17 2009
Yesterday I spent a good 2 hours unpacking and re-organizing things in the house. Our kitchen really doesn’t have enough cabinet space! I was able to remove a shelf from one cabinet and add it to another, so things fit a lot better, but we still have a number of boxes that have no place [...]
Jul 16 2009
I spun for an hour yesterday. I really love how this is turning out! Can’t wait to ply it
About half a bobbin full of pink and purple fiber.
I’ve been making some progress on Hey Teach, too. Yesterday at knit night, I finished up the left front and started on the right front. If I [...]
