Spindlitis

I have been ordering a little fleece from Etsy. First up is black Icelandic lamb from Pure Joy Farm. I cleaned a sample and worked it up on my Bosworth Midi.

Fleece

Next is Border Leicester from The Dancing Goats. I also picked up a couple of support spindles.

I bought some black tipped Shetland fleece from The Sheep’s Company. Haven’t sampled it yet

And there’s some lovely Bond roving from Forever Handmade. No sample yet

I am working on some CVM/Shetland from Lost Acre Farms that I bought a few years back. I think I bought all she had. Was a good thing because she’s not on Etsy any more. This is a 31g ball of singles. I will be on this project for awhile.

And that’s it for now!

When you don’t spin for awhile. Not a lot of knitting this year either. But there is this!

I have plans for this year.  The first thing, when it warms up, will be to take a lot of stuff to Goodwill and the dump.  I would recommend you pick up this lovely book to get your spinning restarted.

Just found this master class on charkha spinning by Eileen Hallman. Good stuff here: Video

Finished the singles of Inglenook polworth, colorway Earl Grey. Hope I can ply it next weekend. I have so much fiber and yarn and no time to use it.

My left thumb joint has been bothering me, so I’ve let it rest. I did start a pair of cotton socks. I did the heel on the first one today.

The big news is a couple of hours of spinning! Last time I tried the Country Craftsman, it kept throwing the drive belt. I figured it was time to sort it out. But no problems at all! I just kept going. This is some Polworth from Inglenook Fibers, colorway Earl Grey. Really happy as I have a lot of fiber to spin. And spinning didn’t bother my hand.

The last is what I’ve been doing intead of fiber. I’ve been taking Liz Steel’s sketching/watercolor classes. She’s a good teacher and I am enjoyimg it. I’m getting better at drawing things on my kitchen table but still working on outside sketches. Here’s mine from tonight:

That’s it for now!

They don’t look like much. First up, Churchmouse’s Two point Cowl in Cloudborn Alpaca. Getting close to joining the shoulders. I hope I like this. I’ve decided I need more protection for my throat in winter. I seem to be coughing more.

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Next up is a gift for a coworker. This is Churchmouse’s Ribbed Watchcap. 1×1 rib on #1s for almost 10″. This is The Fibre Company’s Amble, which is a superwash wool/alpaca blend. I like the yarn and I have plans to do a couple more. But it’s a slow knit.

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I spent part of the day cataloging the stash. When I left Rav, I had to find a new way to track projects and yarn. I found that Notes on my iphone works well for this. I have a template to record details about the yarn, with a section for project notes. I add a picture of the project and the yarn. Looks like this:

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This is Churchmouse’s Easy Folded Poncho. I need to block it, sew a seam and add a cowl. Orange is not my color but this is a lovely alpaca blend that was on sale.

This is Truly Myrtle’s Dirty Lace shawl. I actually stopped work on this. But I decided to rip a row back then put it away. I knit the row again, it came out right and I kept going. It’s nice to make progress on a few things.

The move is complete so I can finally focus on other things. My curtent knitting projects are pretty basic but will try to post those this weekend. But I wanted to share what I just received today. It is a box full of old double pointed needles. I probably paid too much but I just found it interesting. I also ordered a knitting sheath to use with these. Socks are the one thing that I usually knit. Will start cleaning these up. May we all have more time to knit next year!

I have finally finished spinnimg Cloak and Dagger! This is spindle spun and got sidelined for almost two years. It’s nice stuff and I might do socks with it.

And I am still working on Icelandic number two. The sleeves are done. This is how far I’ve gotten on the body.

And finally I am getting the hang of nälbinding. This is just sort of mindless work. I would like to make mittens at some point.

Looks like I need a nålbinding category. Just started playing with this yesterday.

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It’s all very strange and I will try and post some helpful video links.