back to the fiber

I am now using Ravelry links for patterns.  Ravelry no longer has a wait list and I feel it is safe to assume that anyone reading this here blog has a Ravelry account.  No?  What are you waiting for?  All the cool kids are doing it.

This is what I pulled off the shelf yesterday morning

This is what I had last night

 

This is what I have this afternoon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dragon Fibers,  4 ounces of BFL, 550 yards, Innocent.

This should be just the right yardage for a smaller Gossamer Stars.  It is a present for Grandma, and she is the smaller variety Grandma, so a little shorter is appropriate.

This was originally going to be vacation knitting.  The USPS changed that plan.  The gift I sent for Grandma’s birthday arrived in many more pieces than what I had packed in the box.  So I feel the need to bring this to her when I see her.  I will only have about a month for the knitting.  Everything else is going to have to wait.

While I am waiting for the shawl yarn to dry I will be finishing up sock #1.  Yes, you are correct, I had already finished sock #1.  As it turns out there was not enough yarn for two socks of the same size and I am pretty sure the recipient has two feet that are mostly the same size, so I ripped.  I ripped it back until the leg was 3 inches and then started right in on the heel flap.  So far so good.  I still love the yarn.  UPDATE:  Even with a shorter leg the yardage would have been a wee bit short.  So sock #1 is frogged again.  The yarn has been reskeined, soaked and is now out on the deck keeping Innocent company while waiting for the sun to appear.

Now I think I will bring Icarus for vacation knitting.  The yarn has been ordered and is on the way.  That will probably be some of the last yarn I order.  There was not time to spin enough yarn for one shawl while feverishly knitting on another, with the same dead line for both.  So I bought yarn.  I love to spin so much and I am able to spin quickly, so there is no need to buy yarn.  Just rovings.  Beautiful hand dyed rovings.

You all know I love Dragon fibers and Fleece Artist.  Who else is out there dyeing breathtaking stuff?

 

I started a magazine article last night.  It is my first try at that sort of thing, so far so good.