Posted: November 15th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: things I spin, year: 2011 | 1 Comment »
My spinning mojo is back, you guys.
Last time I updated you all on Spinvember/my big bag of wool, I was making really, really slow progress. Feeling like I could update the blog on my progress was helpful, but I just wasn’t feeling the process like I sometimes do. And then over the weekend, something clicked, and I started spinning more and more.
Last update, I was on my sixth bobbin of singles. Now, I have six bobbins of plied yarn, plus two more full of singles and another – my ninth – on the go.
The big bag of fiber is starting to look manageable – almost empty, compared to the way it was when I started. I’m really enjoying this process, and I’m quite proud of the yarn that I’m turning out.
That said, oh my god, I am absolutely pining to spin something that is not chocolate brown. I love this colour, and once I’m actually knitting with the yarn, I will be very, very happy that it’s brown. But I keep fantasizing about the yarn I want to spin after this: it’s going to be something electric green, or unicorn-pink, with crazy, eye-searing brightness and barberpoling everywhere.
Posted: October 29th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: plain and simple sweater, things i knit, things I spin, year: 2011 | 1 Comment »
Since my last entry, I’ve gone on vacation (awesome!) and spent a few days dealing with a pretty nasty cold (less awesome). This has been excellent for the knitting that I’ve got on the go, but considerably less helpful for my spinning.
Spintober is slowly moving along, but it looks like I may have to go into Spinvember to get this bag finished.
This is bobbin 6, which. . .has a lot more on it than it did at my last check-in, but there’s still a substantial amount left to go.
On the other hand – I started a sweater. I wanted to make something for the indigodragonfly sweater KAL, and I fell in love with this sweater pattern.
Last time I blogged, I’d done so little that it didn’t seem worth mentioning. I figured progress would be slow, since it’s a sweater made out of fingering-weight yarn (Merino Sock, in “Also, I Can Kill You With My Brain”) on 3mm needles.
Two plane rides and a lot of tea and television later, it’s a little bigger.
Posted: October 16th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: things I spin, year: 2011 | No Comments »
It’s been a pretty good week for spinning.
I finished one more bobbin of singles last weekend, and I’m taking baby steps towards starting another.
Something magical happened between this post and the last one – the bag started to look appreciably less full. This is a huge deal, if you’re me.
