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Xmas knitting – part one

The knitting portion of the aran sweaters all done. Seaming remains.A closer look at the sweater bodies…
And one more item knocked off my Christmas knitting list: socks for the sister. Woo!For some reason, the entire sock matches stripes, except at the toes. Hmmm…
Next up, a handspun superfine alpaca hat for mom, and [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Merino/tencel. It started life like this, became these singles, and now it is a 2 ply yarn:

Approximately 410 yards, 19 WPI and balanced!
Yesterday I met up with Rosi G. I won her blog contest and she gave me my prize, a hank of Lisa Souza Sock! Merino, in Mars Quake. Isn’t it [...]

Spinning

I’m making progress on the aran sweaters. The largest one (size 6) is done, minus seaming the sleeves and sides. The back and front are done of the middle sized one, and the sleeves have been cast on. Since it’s the same exact photo as before, and I have nothing else to [...]

Hello and how are you?

Front to the first aran sweater finished. Sleeves, both at once started.
I’m on the last increase row on the tea shawl. 6 more plain rows and I start the last evil pattern chart. Lacevember is for 2 months, yes? I may need both months to get thru that chart.
Valerie presented me [...]

A whole bevy of things

Pink Merino/Silk all spun up. I have a little over 350 yards of it. It’s so purty that I don’t want to use it, just look at it and pet it.

Christmas knitting. Yes, I’ve already started. I told my oldest friend that I would make her kids matching aran sweaters. [...]

A whole lot o’ nothin’

We have a winner! Penny Karma, email me or pm me with your address. PK’s entry made hubby laugh out loud.
What should I blog about today? Should I blog about the stuff I’m spinning?
Or should I blog about the very bright yellow merino that I spun and combined with this to make [...]

I have nothing.

I haven’t knit anything. I’ve spun up all the pink merino/silk and the twist is being set now, as well as some yellow merino. But I don’t have pics. So, you get 48 Things You Could Care Less About. (Also, don’t forget to put in your caption for the contest!!)
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