Tag: Esther

Reclaiming Felix seconds

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I probably should have started with the “best of”, but I had Felix seconds from the cleanup shearing a couple of weeks ago sitting around in the laundry room, so I thought I’d get them washed up. It’s really nice wool, there was lots of little veg and grit, weathered and felted tips, and scurf. Ugh.

So I had to pull out the combs. It was a little short for combing, but most of it lashed on ok. Lots of waste left over (maybe use that for stuffing something), but what I did get drawn off t he combs is pretty sweet

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yay 🙂

And knitting-wise, I’ve retreated to my hat comfort zone

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using some of the freshly dyed Esther wool from last week and leftover greens from the SuperGreen sweater.

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there’s just something about that little circle motif that is very comforting to knit.

May’s Splendor

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First rose in bloom, Therese Bugnet

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Bearded Iris from a friend

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Lilac scenting the whole yard

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Deciduous azalea

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Fig tree just starting to leaf out- with tiny figs already formed!

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Another soft and squishy skein of Esther fingerling weight yarn

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The grass is growing like crazy, and the sheep are hard at work munching it down. Just a couple of bales left in the woodshed- much to the chagrin of Boo Kitten, who is usually found lounging atop the stacked hay.

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I can’t wait to have a shed full of sweet smelling bales again!

Esther Sampling

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Washed up my first batch of Esther fleece this week, and was really anxious to give it a spin!

So, here we have my first go

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It’s chain plied- and about an aran or chunky weight. It worked up quickly into a nice substantial swatch

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with very nice stitch definition for the latticework pattern. Could see this being a nice weight for nice warm cabled vest.

For my next sample thought I’d see how she handled spun up quite a bit lighter. Here are the two yarns side by side for comparison.

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I really like this light two-ply as well. Would be great for stranded colorwork.

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Good show Esther! Such a versatile girl 🙂

Off the Needles!

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and blocking, pinned to a towel

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It is indeed SuperGreen

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and I love it so .

Here’s hoping that it dries quickly so I can wear it while there is still a bit of chill in the air 🙂

In other news, I got a start shearing Esther today. Just the head neck and chest so far.
It went really well I thought. Kind of a trust-building exercise.
She seemed to enjoy me giving her rubs and chatting her up while working on her new ‘do.
Pictures later-