April endeavours

Been a long time -

I have managed to spin 2 skeins from Mandie's first Club since moving to Tas.

Birds of a Feather: Polwarth + nylon top which I combed into it. Nice and soft - luxury socks I think, or maybe something for spring?

Jewels of Denial: Corriedale Top. This was interesting to spin, a lot coarser than I am used to. There should be plenty for a pair socks. I haven't decided yet whether to do a 2-ply or my normal Navajo Ply. I'd like to keep the strong colours separate, but I'm also tempted to try and match up the colours in the two-ply, which was my original intention when I split the roving into 4 long strips.

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Timetabled

6:00am Turned the heel and began work on the gusset 9:00am Sorting, sorting, sorting .... 10.30am Took a break to do some spinning and take the photos 4:30pm Can you see the difference?

Spinning randomly

Randomly spinning small quantities of tops then Navaho plying them to maintain the colour separations has created a beret with circles. The pattern by Diane Mulholland is freely available on Ravelry and can be used with all types of yarns because it is based on a swatch. It was knitted in the round starting at the brim and working inwards. Approx 12 wpi.

Great Beanie Picnic

This lovely soft yarn from a EGMTK batt was sold at the Great Beanie Picnic held on 20th February for the exhibition of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival Travelling Show . The lady who bought it has at least one beanie in the show - she wasn't sure if she would use it for Art Beanie or for herself. either way it has gone to a good home. Most people seemed to be poking around looking for a bargain, and as any spinner knows fine blends don't come cheap! Still we had a good afternoon and I was able to demonstrate/teach a few younger people to drop spindle and showed them how to make a CD spindle of their very own.

Margaret Miller

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