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October 05, 2008
Lots of pretty stuff to look at today!
Despite still neglecting my blog a bit, I have been knitting, spinning, and dying, if not as much as I'd like. Things got crazy a few weeks ago. For those of you not in the Kentuckiana area, we were hit with a really crazy windstorm, and over half a million people in Louisville and the surrounding areas lost power. I was lucky and had power back in less than 24 hours, but most of my friends were out for 5-8 days. The carnage of dead limbs and trees can still be seen.
I have some finished objects and new projects to show off, plus the results of a Dye Day at Nicole's house.
First, I finished my Ianto socks this week. I love handspun socks. I mean really. It's getting to be an addiction. I love the colors of these socks. I've ordered another Ianto-inspired from YummyYarn, this one called "Bordering on the Avant Garde" that I plan on spinning up on my Lendrum when I get it soon! But anyway, let's look at the socks I knit.
I finished spinning my "Brooding" roving, and changed the nameo f it to "Black Magic." Because I must have a pair of handspun socks on the needles, I've cast on the Pomatomas socks from knitty.
I've also started on the Cable Net socks from knitty, that I'm making with Crystal Palace's Panda Silk. It's a gorgeous yarn and a gorgeous pattern. I think it's a prefect match.
As I mentioned earlier, Nicole hosted Dye Day at her house on September 27th. I brought roving to dye, the others had ordered yarn from KnitPicks. The weather was perfect and I think a good time was had by all. Of course, Nicole ended up dying NOTHING that day since I'd brought my drum carder for her to play with. Who wants to dye when you can play with a new toy? I lent her my drum carder for a few days and in return Nicole surprised me with 4 oz of Ramboulet roving. Yum!
In the end, I had the following rovings:
I also did a bit of dying yesterday, and while it's still drying, I'm too in love not to share it.
Posted by Holly at October 5, 2008 10:03 AM
Comments
Oh wow, what pretty colors! When i see such wonderful butterfly colors, i just want to drop everything and start dyeing and dyeing and dyeing....
:0) Kat
Posted by: Kat at October 6, 2008 07:37 AM
Your roving is gorgeous! Missed you at the party.
Posted by: sonya at October 5, 2008 12:46 PM