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Here I am this morning..after only 4.5 hours of sleep, knowing that I should at least catch another hour, but the coffee is strong and Ravelry is always on!
Why did I stay up so late?
Well to ply handspun yarn of course! This is called “Stormy Side” and after plying it with a sportweight wool blend from my stash, it still lives up to its name. I was impatient and took the yarn from the spindle to ply resulting in only 45 yards spun! BaH!
I haven’t done much handspun and this is my first that I can actually call a finished piece. I am hoping to have enough to make a pair of house socks. It is about a worsted weight but not bulky, on a size 6 to 8 needle it should work up nicely.
The pleasures of spinning my own yarn are endless. I feel as though I trully become attached/connected to the fiber and watch it grow into a beautiful stage. It is the same feeling a mother gets with a child. My hands protect and guide the fibers until they are strong enough to be their own.
This yarn is llama, wool, and maybe other ingredients..for I am not sure what my stash yarn was completely made of.
What does the Stormonacci have in store for me today? Well, let’s see..maybe an hours worth of knitting totally ripped away. It hurt to do this since I am notorious for stretching out projected knitting time to never finish an object (but of course it is all part of my brilliant logically structure plan to take over the WORLD!).
At first I noticed and remarked, “damn, I don’t think this is going to stay on my head.” Indeed I was disgruntled and perplexed by the realization and thought of many alternatives (such as building an elaborate machine to magically lengthen the stitches or to finish it up and call it a ‘boob cozy’ – both ideas irrational).
So on I go to knitting, counting, swearing, and hoping to not create mistakes that cannot be ignored.
