Handspun Friday - Geothermal

Another spin for the Extreme Plying SAL in the Southern Cross Fiber group on Ravelry. I've dedicated  my full spinning time to this right now, even though many wonderful fiber braids are beckoning to me, but I want to get a few more extreme plied yarns done.

Geothermal a SCF fiber club of  September 2010! The fiber is Corriedale, 4oz.



I thought this colorway would be great for another M-ply yarn (2-ply/chain plied).

Fresh off the Niddy Noddy.



I've got 169yds of it. After a relaxing bath it looked quite good.





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Maggie spread thin on the sofa

Maggie totally relaxed, melting into the sofa. I had to be very, very quiet, because usually, they hear me move and jump up right away, thinking we are about to do something fun. That shows just how deep her sleep was at that moment. I had to take the picture from all the way across the basement, so it's a little grainy. You get the idea though...

FatCatKnits sock blank socks

If I remember correctly I've shown you sock blank socks # 1 already. I had five of them, and today I will just sum it up. I enjoyed knitting them all. My sock blanks were single thread, not like most, which or double stranded, so that the socks will turn out exactly the same. Mine are similar, and I think Ginny did a great job dyeing them. Here we go:

sock blank socks # 2:





sock blank socks # 3





sock blank socks # 4







sock blank socks # 5







# 5 is my least favorite, but the yarn (Merino) is wonderful. I wash them in the washing machine, and even put them in the dryer sometimes. I love wearing them. I gave a pair away as a gift too. It was fun, and now I'm back to knitting regular socks with wonderful sock yarn from my stash. So much to choose from ....

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Handspun Friday - SAL yarn-Sweet Wine

For the Extreme Plying SAL at Southern Cross Fiber group on Ravelry (which runs until the end of April) I made this yarn.
First the fiber: Sweet Wine, Corriedale, 3.9oz



I devided Sweet Wine into halfs, and added 2oz Polwarth from SCF FAll/Winter 2012/2013 semi solids pack in pink.



I spun and chain plied each bump.



And then I 3-plied them together.







I've got 130yds of it. Then I had some left over of Sweet Wine, and the pink one. I chain plied it again and got 5yds of the green one, and 8yds of the pink one.



I really like how the double chain plied yarn looks. The green one reminds me of Pesto. Yum!

Last night it snowed again, but at the same time it's warm and thawing. I'm off to go outside with the pups to enjoy the snow as long as it lasts.

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Just because ...

I was just sorting through my photos file, when I found these two.

Denny on a chair in my studio.



Happy on the sofa in the basement, and Maggie in front of Denny's crate.



I unearthed my cross country skies this winter, but realized, that without the appropriate shoes I could not use them. Maybe next year. I really wanted to do this, but ... time got away from me.

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Fallow mittens

Boy there's been an increase of Spam lately, that's very annoying!

Anyway, I've knit a pair of mittens a while ago, and haven't blogged about them yet. Simply said, "I love them!" The pattern, and the yarn, both are pleasing to my eyes.



pattern: Fallow mittens by Melissa Schaschwary.



The yarn was on Sale before Christmas 2012 from FatCatKnits. FCK sport weight, superwash Merino, colorway Amarillo.



I'd like to knit this pattern again, and maybe even use the stitch pattern for socks some day.

Handspun Friday - Jewelled Sea

This fiber was Southern Cross Fiber club November 2012, Falkland, 110gr, colorway "Jewelled Sea". This is a color combination I like a lot.



Hard to believe it became this yarn:



To make it even more fun I decided to add a little splash of red. LOVE it!
I can hardly wait to see how this will knit up. I have ~ 426yds, 2-ply yarn of it.



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