Spin A Yarn for Ewe

The fundraiser/contest (click on it for more info) is moving along and I am so excited with the donations people have made! We are up to (edited total) $445 so far and with just over a month to go I sure hope we get to that $500 mark. The SotS2 is almost done and I sure would love to give it to somebody. I have been training already for the walk as 60 miles is WAY more then I could do right now but every day it gets a little easier and every time I get a donation I feel a sense of pride towards the wonderful knitting community that is helping out. So thanks to all the donors so far and the others that are sure to come.

Here is the SotS2 through Clue 8 and Clue 9 comes out tomorrow! A few more days work on it and it should be done.


Of course I got my Change of Seasons Lace club shipment in recently. It came with a fun looking pattern and some Jaggerspun Heather 2/8 yarn. I was kind of bummed that the yarn was not hand dyed as I thought it would be since the club did say exclusive yarns/colors but it is a nice shade of green.


I figured since the SotS2 was almost done that I should cast on. Plus the construction is different then I have done before so that makes it fun too. I am now cruising along on it after a failed first attempt that had nothing to do with the errata just knitter error.

I will warn you that this yarn only like to be frogged very gently as I noticed thinning spots in the yarn after my frogging. Since we have been told there is plenty of yarn I just cut that section off. I will reserve my review of the yarn until after it is done and blocked since right now it is not my favorite but maybe after a bath it will soften up.

I am also really interested in a new pattern on Knitty. Laminaria looks like a great shawl and some of those stitches really sound like a challenge. I think I might just swatch some of them to see if I can handle it as I really would be bummed to get into it and then find them too fiddly to work. I mean 2 into 9 star!?! Crazy but it sure makes for a nice looking piece.