Saturday, January 27, 2007

Progress! and oopsie ...

Well, a more interesting title might be "how I didn't meet Stepahnie Pearl-McPhee (Yarn Harlot)". But only if I posted the photo of the Van Eaton APPLE fold'n'tote I was busy buying while she was chatting with people right in front of me. Yep, I could now tell you she was wearing jeans -denims- with pockets on the back, beltloops and no belt (sorry Stephanie!) Not that I was enamored or anything ....

So of course, the buying of this lovely little wheel was accompanied by a slide right OFF the no-fiber wagon into two lovely balls of sock fiber! LOL. Actually, both are superwash merinos. Yummy! Some from Crown Mountain Farms -- the stuff they spin and sell as Sock Hop yarns -- bright orange on white, for "Hang on Sloopy" and some from Blue Moon Fiber Arts -- same colorways as their Socks That Rock yarns -- in "Farmhouse" with maroon, yellow, green and more. So far my little Apple Blossom has taken well to the Sloopy colorway. Maybe this will be my "sock wheel". LOL. I read today wheels need to be used, so I'd best start up a bunch more projects! hehehe.

But this posting is supposed to be about _progress_ so here goes ...

  • finished the first pattern row in the fair isle arm warmer (first warmer). I'm thinking I'll go native on the second arm warmer and find some complementary slip stitch patterns. I can do the two-hands two-color thing, but fair isle just isn't my cup of tea, when it comes right down to it! But I will plug away on this one. It's really pretty, I'll give you that!
  • Made progress on the 3 year old (or older if the fiber "buy" date counts) sock spinning project -- I should finish spinning the singles within a fortnight if I keep making this my evening project. But Apple Blossom is intruding with her sock project, so we will see...
  • Returned to the Jacob tote bag project -- Oregon Tote, I think it's called. Knit, felt, and the handle loops through a hole to hold it closed. I spun up two bobbins, plied them, and then re-plied them to tighten up the loose spots. Still fighting my Schacht's Woolee Winder a bit, have a new oil to test on it.
  • Finished the Tofutsies socks. There's a photo on my blog here.
  • Felted the moebius tote -- just in time for the class tomorrow! LOL.

Hmmm, must go and see if I committed to more items in the List posting ... but that's all that comes to mind for recent accomplishments...

Happy spins,
Amelia.

3 comments:

Leah said...

Wheee...look at you go :) I checked out the sox...very cool! Sounds like you're making excellent progress!

Leah said...

Oh my...how funny about "missing" Stephanie. Funny how wheel lust and fiber lust will turn your head, eh?

Elysbeth said...

That's still a closer sighting that I've gotten. That is quite the list of stuff, fantastic work!

Where's the shawlette?