finished spinning and socks started....

i had thought there would be several posts between this and the last one,  but life got a little intense in between.....        but the yarn is now spun and plied,   and yesterday i started socks.   for me, this time.  i do so much knitting of items to sell,  and things for others.   it's not very often that i knit for myself.     all of my handspun socks are getting hole-y.    while  i'm perfectly capable of darning them,  i decided it's time for a few new pairs.    my intent is to spin and knit a few, for myself,  before next winter.      although, if the weather doesn't decide to get warm, and stay warm,  i may need them much sooner, lol.

ok,  so here is the yarn...

it's approximately sport weight, although it looks heavier in the photo....
i am knitting it on size 3 needles.      i started by casting on 56 stitches.   seemes like it will be big enough.  i won't be certain until after i turn the heel and try them on....   

the color changes are long, since i didn't ply the variegated singles against themselves.   i've a feeling these socks will be decidedly fraternal, which is fine with me.




i am linking this post to ginny's  yarn along on her 'small things' blog.   each wednesday she posts about what she's knitting and what she's reading, and invites others to do they same.       i am re-reading robert jordan's 'wheel of time' series.     i've read (or listened to) most of the series several times.   a friend gave me the first three books somewhere around 12 years ago, and i found more on audible in audio book form.   i've read these five or six times.     i have not read the last three volumes.   there was to be one remaining book in the series when the author died.   his wife hired another respected fantasy author to finish it, from her husband's copious notes.   it was decided that there was too much information that was necessary to the story to fit into one book,  so the last became three...    i no longer have a membership at audible.  it just doesn't fit into the budget.   but i recently signed up for a free membership at the free library of philadelphia (anyone in pennsylvania can get a free membership and anyone else in the US can get a membership for $50) and as soon as my card arrives,  i can borrow these last three on audiobook.   :-)     (my local library doesn't have them).   anyway...   i am currently on book six,  Lord of Chaos.

click on the yarn along icon to see ginny's post.  :-)

yarn along

i thought i'd participate in Ginny's 'yarn along' on her Small Things blog.   each wednesday she invites others to write a blog post about what they are knitting or crocheting,  and reading,  and link to hers.

i am, as usual, in serious fiber adhd mode.   and, as usual,  have way more ideas than time or energy.  i've been dragging pretty badly as the weather keeps changing (which seems to affect my lyme stuff more in the fall than any other time of year).     but i am chugging along on several projects.

This time of year most of my spinning and knitting is stuff that will be for sale, either at Bottlebrush Gallery for the Arts or the Harmony Museum Weaver's Cabin.    This pair of mittens is being knit from yarn i spun from one of Lisel's sheep.   I'm not sure which one,  but it's a medium gray Black Finnsheep/Lincoln cross. 

i'm also washing, dying, combing, carding and spinning like a madwoman.     weaving ideas abound!  now,  if i just had the energy/time/loom availability to bring all of them into the light of day....  

currently reading Spin to Weave: the Weaver's Guide to Making Yarn



click on the yarn along icon to see ginny's post.  :-)