Posts from — April 2009

It seems that I am on a bit of a bender with the spinning.  Since I’ve been home the last three days, I’ve spun about seven ounces of fiber.  These little gems were all dyed by BeeMiceElf.  First up, Pansy two-ply in merino.  I’d say this ended up worsted to aran weight and is approximately 115 yards.

Next I spun the lovely sample of Falkland wool she sent in the Prism colorway.  This wool seriously just spun itself!  It was so easy to spin, even very thin.  This would be a great fiber for a beginning spinner.  I did my first serious attempt at navajo plying…to this point I had only tried it on even smaller samples than this.  I ended up with about 25 yards.

Today I spun two ounces of Night Sky which is composed of 80% merino and 20% silk.  It really has a lovely sheen.  I have two more ounces to go and I’m thinking this will be around DK/sport 2-ply.

In BIG news, Jim’s Bauhaus fair isle is off the needles!  Someone please remind me never to knit a color work sweater for him again.  I can’t believe how long this thing took.  He tried it on last night and it’s very tight.  I’ll seriously cry a river if the thing ends up not fitting.  We all know how blocking works wonders though, so I have my fingers crossed.  As soon as the 765 thousand ends are woven in, I’ll give it a bath and we’ll hope for the best!

While I was waiting on the dark navy yarn for Jim’s Bauhaus, I kept busy with Vivian and Babette squares.  The squares are super easy now that I have the pattern memorized. I only have to look at the instructions to see what color and/or square comes next.  I’ve decided to work the squares in the sections as they occur and sew each section together as I go along.  Considering it took me a whole night while watching television just to weave in the ends this seems prudent.  If I left all the finishing for the end I just might kill myself.  Section one down, nine more sections and umpteen million squares to go.

Reinforcements for the Bauhaus arrive on Monday (thanks you WJ) so I’m cranking out that again, at least until we leave for Arizona Friday morning.  It is way too big and bulky for travel so it will have to wait until I get back to finish it.  *Big sigh* just in time for warm weather.  At least it will be ready for the fall and I can take my sweet time…say, all summer, weaving in the hundreds of ends.

My trip project will be Vivian and probably some socks (shocker).  Stay out of my stash while I’m gone!

P.S.  Do you know about the Knit Kit yet?  If not go check it out now.  I’ll wait.  If you decide you must have one, please pre-order from the Diva Knitting store.  They’re shipping mid-April and for a limited time I’m offering free shipping.

P.P.S.  The awesomeness that is Laura Martos is launching a new venture, the MEAN Girls Yarn Club.  Long story, but the short of it is you’ll get a year’s worth of Indie dyed yarn by two very “MEAN” girls (in reality, they are both very nice and their yarn is fantastic).  The full scoop on Laura and her partner in crime, Bobbie is below.

Laura:

• Blog is Fibercrack’d
• Store is Dizzy Blonde Studios
• Ravelry ID is KnottyLa
• Ravelry Group is Dizzy Blondies

Bobbie:

• Store is KnittyKnitterton’s House of Awesome
• Ravelry ID is KnittyKnitterton
• Ravelry Group is House of Awesome

About the club:

• The website is The Mean Girls Yarn Club
• Sign-ups begin April 3, 2009 First shipment goes out in June
• Shipments will go out every other month for 1 year
• The cost: $150 for the entire year, payable either in 1 lump sum, or in three $50 installments. This includes shipping.
• Membership will be limited to 50 people.
• The colorways are to be club exclusives. Never to be sold by us. And it’s all super secret until you get your installment.
• Feel free to guess to your black heart’s contents. There’s actually a theme within the theme.
• Each skein will come with a little something COLLECTIBLE attached to the band, and an additional little something extra.