I sort of fell off the radar screen there, didn’t I? June just whizzed by, we had an awful heat wave, and now we’re settling in to the other part of summer in the Pacific Northwest: the season of vacationing relatives. Which means time for fun, food, and hanging out outside enjoying the beautiful summer weather.
Despite our high temps a couple weekends ago, I have been getting some knitting done. Our house isn’t air-conditioned, so when it gets hot, I retreat to the basement where it stays relatively cool. I have a big woolly cardigan that is just short of the front bands and buttons, but I’m not too enthusiastic about working on that in the summer, so it’s in time out for a bit. I am working on a pair of socks, a lace shawl, and a Hitchhiker. I’ll save the photos of those for another day.
I have been finding myself sitting at the spinning wheel more often. It’s such a relaxing, meditative thing to do when my mind just wants to veg out. I finished this over the weekend.
That is around 684 yards of lovely cream colored blue-faced leicestershire wool. This was handspun and plyed on my Watson wheel. The weight of the two hanks is 320 grams. I thought about throwing this in the dye pot, but I’m now leaning towards leaving it the way it is. I think it would make a lovely shawl.
Here’s another photo:
It isn’t everyday that I finish a big whack of handspun yarn. Instead of shoving that into the vault, maybe I’ll wind it up today and cast on for something new. There isn’t a rule about how many projects I can work on at the same time, right?
Stay tuned.
Gorgeous! And of course there are no rules about projects in our neck of the woods.. 😎😻cast on!!
No rules at all – and the yarn is lovely!
If there is, many of us better know a good fiber lawyer.
Your yarn is gorgeous and looks so evenly spun. I love the natural and think a shawl would be gorgeous.
I have been attempting to get back on the radar since May! Summer finds me out in the yard from sun up to sun down.