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May 24, 2008
I know, I know...
So much for me posting my stash from Greencastle! What are you going to do? The damn shawl is still chugging along though barely. I haven't touched it in about a week and a half, but I only have 1 1/2 sides left. As I have a five day weekend, I'm hoping I finish it up, or at least come close. I've been spinning and knitting a lot since my last post though, so I have plenty of pretty pictures to show in a moment.
I've been to two spin-ins on the river and had another bar knitting adventure at Starbase Q since my last update. I really can't say enough times how much I love Ravelry as I've made so many new friends through it. I also got the hook-up on some great patterns through a person on Ravelry. If you are a lace knitter, you've probably heard of Herbert Niebling. He's the godfather of lace knitting. He's been dead for forty years, but people are still crazy about his patterns. Most of them are out of print and only available through old issues of Burda magazine. The most popular pattern, Lyra, is really expensive. I have now obtained a copy of that pattern (and numerous others) though absolutely, 100% legit means * cough, cough *. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Say what you will about copyright, if the pattern is out of print and the holders refuse to republish, then I'm not opposed to obtaining it through sketchy means. The only person losing is the eBay seller. Trust me, I won't lose sleep over this. If you want the link to the patterns, leave a comment and I'll email it to you.
On the stash-y front I have some pretties from Greencastle and some more recent items to show off.
Have I said I love Creatively Dyed? I bought 8 oz. of her merino/seacell and I've spun 4 oz of it.
It spun up to a 3ply fingering weight yarn, approx 18-20 wraps per inch, 350 yards in all.
I also bought 4 oz of merino/bamboo that I haven't spun yet.
From etsy seller YummyYarn, I bought 4 oz of BFL in the colorway Ianto. It's inspired by our favorite character from Torchwood, and it's so pretty, I had to have it. I plan on spinning it up to a sock weight yarn. I'm currently working on a Ianto-inspired sock (and yes, I used proper grammar as it's pronounced Yan-toe).
From etsy seller allspunup, I about this merino/alpaca blend.
I ordered 4 oz of Targhee fiber in the colorway Northern Lights.
I dyed up some BFL myself and came up with this happy accident. It was supposed to be very bright with some dark spots. Whoops. But I LOVE this far more than the roving I'd originally envisioned. I call it 'Brooding.'
I've done quite a bit of knitting at work too. I've now finished three pairs of socks in the past month. Two came from handspun yarn.
The first are my Fancy Vines clog socks. The pattern is my own, and the motif is from Barbara Walker's 3 treasury.
The next are my Green Lake socks. The pattern is from a recent Spin Off. The yarn is a 4 ply cabled superwash merino.
Finally, there are my Fallish socks. These were knit with my merino/silk Head Over Heels kit. I utterly love this socks. The striping made it so interesting to knit up, as I had no idea what was coming next.
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