I purchased this
corriedale fiber from the CT Sheep and Wool Festival. After spinning
and plying, I ended up with almost 200 yards of fingering yarn. This
was the perfect amount to make my sister these fingerless mittens for
her birthday. I used size one needles for a really dense knitted
fabric. These mittens were knit from the top down with a thumb gussett
decrease. It was very interesting to work them up this way and it went
very quickly. My sister loved her birthday present.
In the previous post, I had featured some bamboo/merino blend that I purchased from the Creatively Dyed booth at the 2011 New York Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, New York. I really love the way the blues and unexpected greens popped up while I was spinning it up. I navajo plied the yarn and came up with just under 200 yards. I found this "Abstract Leaves Cowl" on ravelry.com for free. The yarn is super soft and light. It will look nice against my purple pea coat this winter. The design of the pattern began with larger needles with the last two rounds of the pattern done in a smaller size needle for the graduated decrease effect. This helps it hug the neck. I will definitely be visiting the Creatively Dyed booth at Rhinebeck this October.
My mantra at Rhinebeck 2011 was "Step out of your comfort zone." I resisted all the colors I usually reach for like greens, browns and teals. I found this pink, gray and black colorway from Creatively Dyed fiber in South Carolina. Two years ago I had got some fiber from this vendor in a beautiful carmel colorway. As I began to spin it up, I saw that it also had some deep dark blue in it also. After navajo plying, I ended up with 142 yards of yarn. I think it's a heavy fingering/sport weight. I haven't measured the WPI. I had meant to two ply it using the andean method, but I was impatient. I think I can get a nice scarf or fingerless mitts out of this that will compliment my purple coat.
I found this Rambouleit at the Connecticut Sheep and Wool Festival. I wanted to do a BIG project and this 2.45 pounds of fiber had such a great price tag. It was hard choosing from the many different colors this vendor offered, but I settled on this chocolate with bright blue running through it. I have almost one spool spun up and am nowhere near finished. I posted a challenge on Facebook to all my friends. Whoever guesses the closest yardage I end up with (without going over) will win a had knit scarf from me. If you find me from just surfing the web, you may also enter to win. Let the games begin. While you're here, subscribe to my blog so you can see how the progress is going.
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