#7 Left over handspun

So my little sister still had some left over hand spun of mine. I decided to try a hat from HatHeads: 1 Man + 2 Knitting Needles = 50 Fun Hat Designs. With the hand spun, the thickness changes so sometimes it is hard to see the circles. I knit it with Cascade 220 heather. I still haven't mailed it to her (keep wearing it as I walk to school every morning).

Don't you love the laundry basket in the back that still needs to be folded (and yes, my husband will be working on that pile).


Have a great day knitting.

#5 of 52 Failure proof?

There are times when I rip out knitting and other times I just don't care if there is a design flaw. Last September I gave my little sister some handspun yarn. I gave her a 'failure proof' scarf pattern. Only she could misintrepet k2, p2 as knit 2 rows, purl 2 rows. Now, normally, that could be okay but her knitting reminded me of my dear mom (rest her soul) who could add and subtract stitches in a scarf. My sister also couldn't follow 2 row repeats. She did ask me to rip it out. I explained what k2, p2 meant; and away I went. I ended up knitting the scarf while watching the Butler/UConn final game. It came out beautiful. Too bad my sister doesn't like her picture on the web. Technophobe :)

Pattern for Failure Proof scarf
Cast on in a multiple of 4 + 1
k2, p2 as long as you want scarf
Bind off

Happy knitting.

Vacations

It is amazing what can be done during a vacation. Even though school is starting to pick up (just started a mini boot camp for incoming Kindergartners), I am  still finding time for me. Last weekend, I spent the day at the annual dyeing party for our guild. I tried the painting of a sock blank (will load those pictures when working on that project) and dyeing a warp and a fleece.

There is actually 4 chunks of fleece. This fleece is from a german dairy sheep from Blewitt Pass. I visited the sheep last summer and they looked like happy fleece (especially when it was time for the milking).

Over 3 days, I finished up the spinning & plying. Still need to work on not overspinning but I still like the product. Not sure if it will be part of a hat or something else (I think there is less than 50 yards). Will need to think about it...

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