Spindlitis

I am secretly doing a second shawl for my friend. I was going to replicate it, but if it does turn up, she’d have identical shawls. So I am using a different yarn, same colorway (as much as possible). I ran out of two of the colors, so have a few more days of down time, waiting for more yarn.

So I started another project. This will be for a co-worker. I am close to retiring and she has done so many nice things for me. I’m doing the Hap for Harriet pattern by Kate Davies.

It doesn’t look like much yet,but will be a lot more interesting when it’s done and blocked. And I bought more of that dual coated Shetland fleece. I had one ball of dark moorit and one that was lighter. The second pound of it is the same way. I’m not sure if I want to ply the two different shades together or keep them separate. For now, I’m just spinning it and setting it aside.

I really love dual coated fleece. They are tricky to process and spin. You don’t want to just spin the long fibers and have a bunch of short stuff left. And you always wind up with clumps of the short stuff that won’t draft out. It’s never smooth and always a bit hairy.

This is a nice dual coated moorit Shetland fleece from Lost Acres Farm on Etsy.

It will be another hap. I also have some darker moorit to use. Way back when we were leaving California, I knit Jeffrey a sweater from some Norwegian wool. It was 4 ply moorit with the lanolin still in it. I always loved that yarn and it’s probably why I don’t care for yarn from fine fibers. It would probably be worthwhile to try and replicate it.