Yesterday was the first time I went spinning in a month. We met a few times, with my sidekick at the library's Enchanted Forest area for small children, but spinning there never seemed a good idea so we knit instead. Just the idea of getting back to it, was exciting! It took a bit of thinking to decide what to spin next but eventually I came up with this.
It is a beautiful polwarth top hand dyed by the people from Colour Adventures. I started out with two matching braids. One was spun last winter, or possibly even before last winter. By the time I was finished it, I was sort of sick of the brilliant rich reds and wanted something else. I put the single on storage bobbins and they remain waiting for plying. Now, with plying being something new and interesting to me on my new to me S51, I decided spinning the rest of this up and plying all of it at once was a great idea.
I am going to put the tag in there so that I have a record of who, what, where, why, when, since the blog is the only fully functional memory I seem to have.
After spinning I took care of my needle problem. 6.5 mm needles ought to do it just right!
I am now set for knitting for the day. Back to the sweater! You can also see that I decided to beef up my button box!
For now, a good cup of coffee in my sweet new kitty cup made in Ukraine, knitting sleeves, and completing Amy's sweater. I can't wait to see her in it! I am almost looking forward to that long back graft!
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