Scenes from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival 2010-
Knitting continues, albeit slowly, on the gradient sweater:
I’m getting really close to the exciting part- when I get to put the pieces together and work the shoulder shaping and neckline!
It’s turns out that Huey’s swatch was so compelling that I just couldn’t stop.
When I ran out of Huey yarn, I dug some other compatible shetland out of the stash and made it into a hat.
It is so thick and toasty.
Probably too warm for spring,, so it might go into the “gifting” stash drawer for next winter.
(If I can keep it off my own head.)
No new pics of the gradient sweater yet. I’ve for both sleeves in the works, but progress has been slow of late.
And on the fence front, we put in the last 7 posts for the pasture perimeter on Saturday!
Should have gotten a picture of that, but didn’t think of it at the time, and it’s all rainy and nasty out there now.
Will document better once the sunshine reemerges.
Have a good week!
I think I’ve got all the yarn I’ll need to complete the “shades of gray sweater”
(taken on location while I was waiting for a bus yesterday)
and I figure I’m about 1/3 complete, knitting-wise.
So my spinning focus has shifted to Huey.
I’ve got about 2/3 of his fleece washed up now, and I’ve started swatching around….
(same bus stop- the light was really great)
It’s the most beautiful ginger-y color, and I really like it as a lofty, softly spun three ply.
So soft. So silky. And just a hint of pearly luster.
Mmmmm.
Oh- and I forgot to mention last week that the Experimental Sweater finally fulfilled it’s destiny-
I got talked into entering it in the Arts and Crafts show at work:
And all because that silly scarf aspired to be a more than an accessory
Ok.
Time to go play with my fleece.
Well, I made the resolution with the best intentions.
But how can you turn down lovely Shetland wool?
Tell you what-
If lovin’ fleece is wrong, I don wanna be right.
Meet Huey:
He’s a little jumbled there, having just been washed and air-dried.
Here he is all swatched up:
And here it is a little closer:
And even closer:
I’m really loving Huey’s fleece.
It’s really fine and silky, and feels just like a merino/silk blend, only alot easier and more fun to spin.
I’m thinking soft and lofty three-ply. Maybe something cabled…
And I beleive that in my recent single-minded pursuit of completed pasture fencing, I may have forgotten to mention my current knitting project:
This is from the Romney fleece I purchased last November from Eileen Hordyk of Sand Hill Romneys.
I’ve separated the fleece into three different shades and am spinning up a lightweight two-ply for a EZ-style seamless saddle shoulder v-neck pullover.
I’m about two weeks into it, but it’s taking a while since it’s on size 3 needles.
But it’s nice and easy, round and round and round in a 3×1 ribbing, and I’m enjoying the process.
And I think I’m really going to enjoy the sweater. One of those “goes with everything” wardrobe items.
And, just because she hasn’t been seen on the blog for a while, here’s Boo Kitty-
She’s got a birthday coming up. The big 1.0
🙂