Spin A Yarn for Ewe

I have been knitting.

I also started Flutter in Yarn Chef Creme Brulee. It is much farther along but really just looks longer so not much to see.

I dyed this for my next lace project, Nefertiti.

I have started spinning it but it is far from done.

I did finish spinning these 4 one ounce bundles into...

Into this yarn.  A 2ply with almost no matching up of the plies.  I want to take the colors to their extremes and this really seemed to.

And this...

Into this 3ply.

I think I want to make socks out of this since I got enough yardage out of it but it seems almost too pretty for socks.

I am so excited.  Aeolian the 2nd is finally done.  I save finally because I have been so sick that I couldn't finish the last few rows for days.  But now that I am on the mend it is done and blocked.

The colors came out how I had hoped and the red even changed where I wanted it to.

I even liked it enough to take a modeled shot.  And not one of those arms out, backside ones. 

I also finished spinning the yarn for Pampas.

I am a little shy on yardage per the pattern so I will just have to make sure I end soon enough to do the other border and bind off.

Here's a close up.

I also decided on beads that are on the way but not here yet so knitting is at a standstill for now.

Since I have no knitting to work on I am spinning.  I am currently working on the AllSpunUp spin along fiber that I got.

The color is great and it is superwash merino so I am going for a 3ply sock yarn.  We will see how close I come.  I almost always do 2ply so this will be fun to see if I can get the singles thin enough for my finished yarn.

I also bought some great new patterns like Nefertiti so I need to dye and spin some more lace weight.

Since I have been having so much fun with my handspun Aeolian #2 I thought I would share pictures.



It is farther along then this but getting a shot of it on the needles is getting harder and harder. The melding colors really seemed to work and in person I really love it. I am almost to the edging which I am doing the alternate version of so I don't run out of yarn. The edging on this shawl uses up an amazing amount of yarn. My last one used up almost 65% of the total amount of yarn I started with. Crazy, I know.

I also finished the Poppy Flower Fiber yarn.



I ended up with about 490yards of light fingering yarn. Maybe socks with this one. We will see.

I also signed up for a pattern club of sorts. You get a pattern every other month for a total of 4 and a 5th bonus one at the end of the year. Way cheaper then any yarn/pattern of the month club plus I can stick to my handspun quest. I have even sold some yarn, which was liberating.

The first pattern is called Pampas and I just love it. I have decided to spin the yarn for it and I am not sure I will use the whole amount of beads it calls for, 5000, but I will use some. Here is the roving.



I think the color will be perfect. Close to what the designer used but totally my own.

Stay tunded for finished shots of Aeolian, hopefully next week.