Seventy-two
I’m about 72% through my two skeins of roving from Rhinebeck. All I have to do is finish plying these two bobbins together, and I’ll have three out of four of my skeins of yarn done.
How nifty is that, huh? I feel so accomplished. I only started this, what, two weeks ago? A little less than that, I think. This is particularly speedy for me . . . or at least it feels like it!
Next up, once this fourth skein is done, probably next week? Well, I still have two pounds of this lovely, beautiful merino/silk in the gorgeous purpley-gray from last year’s Rhinebeck. I had taken a much needed break from it. (It languished on my wheel for, what, seven months and I hadn’t gotten past the first bobbin full yet?) But now it’s just getting sad and neglected. All these other pretty rovings I’ve spun since August (obviously that visit to Liz’s in August really inspired me, huh?) . . . it’s really not fair to let such pretty, soft, luscious roving sulk in the closet.
Of course, the sad part is that since I’ve done so much spinning lately, I just know that my singles are going to end up a completely different size than those first two skeins. So what I’ve decided to do is that the first pound that I spun, I’ll keep separate, turn it into a shawl, give it as a gift, maybe a hooded scarf. Something. But the next two pounds I’ll try to make as consistent (to each other) as I can and will turn those into a sweater, as I’d always planned. Ideally a cabled one. But . . . before I do any more of the pretty Crown Mountain Farm roving, or the rest of the Sheep Shed roving from this year’s Rhinebeck, well, I’m doing this pretty stuff from last year.
It’s only right, right?
I also just signed up to knit a square for Comforting Jenn. This young woman has gone through more than any one person should bear . . . I can’t think of anything more appropriate to knit over Thanksgiving weekend.
Here’s a post about the creative process–about how you have to go after the muse, not wait for it to come to you. I thought it was really interesting.
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Your dilemma makes the case for lots of bobbins….if you spin all your singles first, then mix the first with later ones, etc, it all evens out. There are other tricks, too. I’m not real good at measuring twist angle, etc, but I do keep a sample hanging on the wheel to check against.
Speedy spinning!
What I find amazing is that you get enough yarn out of 2 pounds of roving for a sweater. I’m still never sure of how much yarn is enough for a sweater. On top of that my “LYS” is populated by thin women only (size 8 is the biggest they come in) and as a size 16 (yay… that’s 3 sizes down from this summer and no hard work like dieting involved!!!) they make me buy way too much yarn every time…
Anyways, all the stuff you spin looks gorgeous and makes me wanna learn to spin…
Cheers Eva
You sure are spinning a lot lately! That’s great.
Thank you so much for posting about Jenn’s Blanket and for offering to make a square! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.
Whenever you are ready, please send me your email address and I’ll let you know where to send. Thank you again, and I wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving!
Catching up on posts today…it looks like you had a great time at your spinning party! Do you know what you’ll make with the peppermint wool you’re spinning now?
Glad that you found some great shoes and books — perfect for the long weekend. Happy Thanksgiving!!