Bill's Sweater

I am in fact spinning up that pile of Cormo! I plied some yesterday, knit a little swatch and then plied the rest of the bobbin after I decided it was going to work! I am finally going to make my hubby this sweater:)

I have some Cormo locks soaking for him to wash tonight for the contrast color:) I think I might make him card it too!

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I love it!

Okay, I dyed a little fiber yesterday and I love them both so I had to share:) I have done both these colorways before but these both turned out especially well:)


I want to keep them but I am not going to because I still have almost two pounds of Cormo to spin for my hubby's sweater.

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Intarsia Baby hat pattern:)

Okay I finally go the intarsia baby hat pattern written up and ready for you all to use:) This is a fun little hat and a great way to play with intarsia:)



Enjoy!
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Slipper Sock Pattern

I added the Slipper Sock pattern to the free pattern section on the right hand side of the blog:) Enjoy!
Trish

Another UFO Finished and New Colorways

I finished another UFO yesterday! I really have no idea why it turned into a UFO. It is just an easy Slipper Sock pattern that I wrote a long time ago:) I had the first sock done and the second was mid heel! Crazy! Anyway these will make a nice gift for a fencing coach:)



I also got some dyeing done yesterday and came up with three new colorways. Happy days, I have been busy!




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Prepped and Ready

So I finished the sock and I was able to prep the fiber so that I can spin so that my socks will match! I thought you all might like to see a picture or two ;P of the fiber prepped and the finished yarn ( note the mini skein ) and the finished sock!




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On and Off the Needles

So when I was in Boston I bought three skeins of Silky Wool in black to knit another Garter Ruffle Shawl. I had made myself a green one a couple of years ago and have I loved it so much I wanted another in a color combo that I could wear with everything. So I bought three skeins of black because I wanted a black shawl with a grey border.I new the Knitting Bee had the grey so I purchased the black on my trip. It is off the needles and I LOVE IT!!!!


This is the green one I did a while back. Oh and by the way these are inspired by the one mustaavillaa did:)



This is what is on my needles:) I am making some socks out of handspun. The funny thing about this is, I have only spun half the fiber up! I forgot how I spun it so I have to knit the sock to see how to prepare the fiber to spin for the second one:)


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Beach Day

The beach in Oregon is always an experiance!

I love hiking through the pacific rain forest to the beach.


I love the Wood Sorrel and the fact that my youngest and all the kids for that matter can't eat enough of it!



I love that we get to look for Grey Whales at the look outs on the hike in.


I love that I have big boys that help carry all the beach supplies.



I love that the kids don't care so much that it is cool and windy when we get there.

I love that my big boy can sleep on anything!



I love that my middle boy doesn't care how cold the water is and neither does his friend!



I love the walk back to through the forest with the ferns unferalling.


And I think the forest loves us:)


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Elliotts Socks

Elliott has been begging me to make him socks for a while. I finally made them:) I think the reason I put it off for so long is because he is my youngest child. That means that I won't have anyone in my family to pass them down to and he could grow out of them before he wears them a dozen times!


I am off to the beach!
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Blooming

I had to share:)



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The List

Okay, so a couple of months ago I wrote up my Christmas list and then I went through my UFO's and figured out what I had started that I could give as gifts. then I filled the list of names with items that would be given. So far I have 6 out of 32 gifts finished:) I feel like I am doing pretty good. I finished a very old pair of socks this morning that will be a gift for my mom and last night I finished up a pair that are intended for my brother in-law:)

These are the brother in-law socks and they are also my May socks:)





Woot! I am feeling pretty good about my progress:)
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Feeling Springy!

I was feeling like I needed a burst of spring color yesterday! So what does a girl do when it is STILL raining and she is still dreaming of sunshine? She dyes something springy:)

Oh and I will have some knitting to share soon!
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Cormo Cross

I bought this soft lovely Cormo-Cross fiber from Black Berry Hill Farm. I bought 2 pound to make a sweater for my hubby. It came in two large one pound balls. The fiber as it came was spinnable but would not have made me happy while spinning it.


So I turned it into these. I now have 1 pound of little soft brown batts to spin. When I am done with these I will card up the other pound:) My hubby is going to love this soft yummy sweater!


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Dyed and Spun

So I dyed a little of William and spun him up! I blended two colors to get a very nice heathered yarn. The Shetland is not super soft but was a joy to spin:)
I made this little skein that is 128 yards of sport weight semi woolen yarn! I really love the heathered color that came from blending colors!






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William

So this week I have been processing William!


When I was in Boston I met a lovely lady named Ann, we started talking about wool and I soon found out she had a little Shetland sheep named William. I was to learn that he had just been sheared and Ann did not know what to do with his wool. That is of course where I said I would love his wool! She very kindly sent it to me and over the last few days I have been processing it! Boy William was a dirty little guy! He is a sheep after all!


Anyway after lots of hard work I have a little of him processed and his fiber is just lovely:) My friend Chrystal and I dyed some of him up and made some wee batts yesterday and I am so pleased!



Hopefully I will find time to spin him some time soon:)
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