The Tour de Fleece has been over for a month already and yet I still continue to spin on a near daily basis. I ended up helping out at the Chilliwack Fair by supervising the Needle Arts displays for the entire weekend long fair and during that time I got a lot of spinning done. I finished spinning these drum carded batts of Superwash Merino mill ends ---
--- and made them into 8 rather large 3 ply skeins. Although I haven't yet weighed them, I estimate that there is over 3 pounds of wool there.
I have now started knitting them in to a cabled cardigan for myself. This was an early picture, I have more done now --- a full repeat of all the charts --- and it is going well.
And while I'm knitting that large batch of spinning into a sweater, I am still spending a little time each morning spinning on my next project. This is a BFL hand dyed by Jude of Ewesful Creations. I bought three 4 oz. braids of it and will make a 3 ply. I have no specific plans for the finished skeins but 12 oz. should be enough for "something" worthwhile.
2 comments:
You do amazing work.. & so productive. I love seeing how the wool spins up.. sometimes it is hard to tell when dyeing it.
Great job!
Thanks Jude. The second and third braids are spinning up a little lighter. There is more of the white lightening the colours. I think with the added contrast they will ply together beautifully.
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