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November 13, 2006
It's All About Yarn
I had planned to post about Tatami - the sweater I test knit for Sundara Yarns, but every picture I took was terrible. The light here was awful all weekend. So, I'm going to try again today and hopefully post about the sweater tomorrow.
This weekend was pretty quiet. I made a lot of progress on the Knee High, but did run out of yarn.
Please ignore my really white, bruised leg. That's how far I got with the first ball of yarn. The good news is that I have a second ball, and I continued with it and am in the process of getting a third ball from Piece of Beauty. I should have the third ball before I'm at that point on the second sock, so it all worked out. I debated about finishing the sock with the blue, but I decided that it would be too much plain blue and I wouldn't like how it looked. Better to do it right and get an extra ball of yarn.
Yesterday I spent some time working, but I also sat down at my spinning wheel and finished the purple I was spinning (I'll try to ply that next weekend) and started the blue roving I bought at Estes Park.
I'm not sure about this stuff. I think I'm used to spinning top or something because this stuff is kind of annoying. There are all kinds of little burrs in it and the fibers seem to be going every which way. Despite that, I am pretty pleased with how it's spinning up. I'd like to make a hat or socks with this. I think I have 4 oz, so I'm not sure what I'll be able to get out of it, but I'm trying to spin worsted (even though you can't really tell - the end result is really hairy).
I have a Supreme Court argument this week, so it's going to be kind of quiet around Unwind until Thursday. I hope you all have a great week. I'll have a sweater post for you tomorrow and hopefully a knee high finished this week.
Comments
The sock looks great!
I can't wait to see your finished Tatami sweater. It's just hard to take good photos this time of year, isn't it?
Posted by: caitlyn at November 13, 2006 10:16 AM
You should definitely be able to get a hat from that. Who did you buy it from? I'm trying to remember.
Posted by: Carole at November 13, 2006 12:22 PM
Ugh, I hate running out of yarn. But it's a good thing you can get some more.
Posted by: Angela at November 13, 2006 12:25 PM
I am looking forward to seeing the Tatami sweater! good luck at the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Posted by: Diana at November 13, 2006 12:31 PM
Too bad!! But, at least you had a second ball on hand so as not to disrupt your knitting!!
Posted by: Stacey at November 13, 2006 12:34 PM
Is that the Stefania roving? I'm spinning mine from her booth right now as well and would have to second your comments. It have more neps that I would have expected which of course makes it difficult to get a very uniform yarn out of it.
Posted by: Kristi aka Fiber Fool at November 13, 2006 12:36 PM
Good luck with the S.Ct. case! Very exciting. Will you be traveling to DC?
I love the socks. Glad that you're able to get more yarn - there's really nothing worse than running out of yarn.
Posted by: Cyndi at November 13, 2006 12:39 PM
i can't wait to see the sundara sweater! the photo on sundara's site is lovely :)
sucks that you ran out of yarn :( but i'm glad to hear that you can get more.
good luck with the supreme court argument!
Posted by: gleek at November 13, 2006 12:48 PM
That's a gorgeous stripe-y sock! And the tatami? I wait enthusiastically for the reveal.
Posted by: knittingphilistine at November 13, 2006 1:08 PM
Good decision to get more yarn for the knee high. I'm slowly adopting the idea that I really need to be hpapy with something, so I'll actually finish it. Otherwise it's just not worth the time and effort of knitting it.
YOur spinning looks fabulous.
Good luck with your case.
Posted by: Rebekah at November 13, 2006 2:17 PM
The sock looks great. Bummer on not having enough to finish it. I can't wait to see your sweater reveal tomorrow. I went to Sundara and saw their picture so I know your version will be lovely!
Posted by: Stephanie at November 13, 2006 2:44 PM
What is the blue fiber, do you know? It definitely doesn't look like top, but that's not necessarily a bad thing...you just have to spin a bit differently to get it to work. Good luck with the Supremes!
Posted by: Marcia at November 13, 2006 3:15 PM
I think the blue roving is quite pretty!!
Good luck with Diana Ross and the Supremes. :-)
Posted by: Kris at November 13, 2006 8:33 PM
A little extra yarn never hurt anyone ...
Posted by: Theresa at November 14, 2006 12:31 AM
That blue yarn is beautiful! It will be very warm, whatever it ends up as.
Posted by: jessie at November 14, 2006 4:23 AM
Woo hoo! Looking forward to seeing the knee-highs.
Posted by: Becky at November 14, 2006 7:44 AM
Your knee sock is looking really nice - and totally worth getting more yarn to finish it the way you had in mind when you began.
Supreme Court... wow. Hat's off to you! We'll all be cheering for you silently from blog land towards winning your case.
Posted by: Teyani at November 14, 2006 8:32 AM
If as Kristi says that is Stefania's I have found the same with what I purchased. It's full of little neps and hard to spin but I'm using the spindle. Nice work on the sock and the spinning!
Posted by: margene at November 14, 2006 8:35 AM
Good luck on your argument! I know you will do great. (Your sock is coming along quite nicely, too!)
Posted by: Zarah at November 14, 2006 11:31 AM
