Heather G. ([info]socksforphlox) wrote,
@ 2006-12-06 12:35:00
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A quickie
We are about to set off for the snowy wilds of London/Dashwood, but I wanted to post before I left since I will be gone for a few days and won't have camera access. I imagine I will able to access the internet, though, so comment/email/post away!

I filled another spindlefull of the Wensleydale, and have washed and hung the singles. I have a bit, maybe a third left of the original 50g:

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I imagine I will spin it next week. I am very excited about the singles this is producing! I went back to Romni to get another sliver, but they were sold out of this colourway. The alarmist behind the counter told us how it just flies out the door, and that he was surprised that there was ANY left, and that if there were any other colourways I wanted, I had better jump on them.

Ahem.

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I am such a pansy. More Fleece Artist Wensleydale-Teeswater sliver. This time I got two in the sameish colourway. Fleece Artist is a bit easygoing on colour ways, so this is as close as they come. 100g should be enough for socks! (I know, obsessed)

I do still knit! I knocked out a pair of tiny mittens the other day to keep some wee hands warm. These are made from the same ball of yarn as the larger green mittens, which makes for some great mitten value! I only have a teensy ball left. I was getting a little antsy towards the end.

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And, since we had the first sticky snowfall (ie: it hung around for more then five minutes) the other day (it's all gone now, but outdoors is still pretty chilly) I started a hat.

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Hats are my nemesis, so we shall see what interesting problems crop up during the course of this very unassuming Manos cap.

That's all for me, keep warm everybody!




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[info]fibreartfan
2006-12-06 08:28 pm UTC (link)
Have a good time. This spinning addiction is getting serious. The new one will be fun to spin up as well. Like the mittens.

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[info]socksforphlox
2006-12-06 09:46 pm UTC (link)
All my addictions are serious! The nice thing about my fibre addiction is that I am still only one or two rovings ahead of myself! Unlike the yarn addiction...

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[info]knittinggoof
2006-12-06 08:51 pm UTC (link)
those FA slivers are close enough in colour and will make great socks!

and i, too, have no luck with hats. so far.

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[info]socksforphlox
2006-12-06 09:50 pm UTC (link)
Odessa was my first acceptable hat. This one is my own pattern, so if I get it right, perhaps my hat drought will be over.

I might 2-ply the new rovings together so that the colours are more evenly distributed. I am thinking that as a long staple wool the Wensleydale will wear ok on my tootsies. I just discovered my first sock hole, in koigu socks of course.

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[info]knittinggoof
2006-12-06 10:03 pm UTC (link)
here's hoping you'll outsmart hats.

yes, that will help even out the rovings. i'm pretty sure that i've heard that Wensleydale is good for socks.

sorry to hear about the hole...i keep meaning to teach myself how to darn! are you going to darn it or re-knit that part of the sock?

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[info]socksforphlox
2006-12-06 10:51 pm UTC (link)
Just got back from my aunt's house, and the anonymous spinning wheel she has is none other than an Ashford Traditional!

!!!

!!!!

We get to have a go on it this weekend. I can't BELIEVE I left my rovings at home.

!!!!!

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[info]knittinggoof
2006-12-06 11:09 pm UTC (link)
now that is good news! have fun with the wheel!

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[info]knittinggoof
2006-12-08 05:04 am UTC (link)
just got back from the pub...where they played matt good, offspring, our lady peace AND audioslave IN A ROW.

why are you stalking me?? :P

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