Handspun Monday
Yes, that’s right – I’m actually POSTING handspun on a Monday. Clearly, this is one of the signs of the apocalypse, so brace yourselves accordingly.
I have the finished skein of the green handspun that I showed you last week.
I am completely in love with this stuff. It’s bordering on obsessive.
I love the colors Emma did on this. She’s amazing, and I am REALLY looking forward to Fiber Club (one spot left, last I looked. Don’t miss out!)
So, just to reiterate, this is DragonFibers BFL in Potluck 13 and 14. I ended up with 324 yards and 7.25 oz at around 12 WPI (depending on where I check it, of course)
And I certainly couldn’t leave Elphaba empty, now that we are friends again. You may remember this from a long past YPF:
Those are silk hankies dyed by AmyKnitty that I bought when she destashed them.
I’ve been spinning them up on Elphaba, and it’s going pretty well! It’s a bit thick and thin, but I like the texture that’s giving me. It’s going to take me FOREVER to get through all of this!
I’ll have to decide once I’m done spinning it up how I want to ply it. That will partly depend on how much I get and how many bobbins I fill.
And now for the part of my blog post where I ask you guys a favor. Do you read Rosi G’s blog? If not, you should. She’s a kick-ass knitter and designer, and I feel lucky to consider her a friend. Anyway, she entered a design in Little Knits’ Trenna Design Contest, and it’s one of the finalists. It’s gorgeous, and the voting is open as of today. Do me a favor and go take a look, will you? (The links to the entries are in the sidebar under “Recent Posts” – Rosi’s is the New York City stole. If you click on the name in the post, you will vote for it.) I’m not going to tell anyone who to vote for, but I think you can guess where my loyalties lie. 
June 9th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Wow! That green is so gorgeous! Can’t wait to see what you make with it! Its lovely!
June 9th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
See, here you go blogging about the last spot in the club and made me go ahead and get it! I’ve been contemplating it since this morning when I finally caved and bought the wheel.
Oh yeah, I caved. It ships tomorrow.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I’m so proud. Not only did Daniel get Stephie thinking about a new wheel but now she is sucked into the world of Dragonfibers.
Don’t mind me while I grin evilly.
June 9th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Lovely spinning, dear. (I’ll be looking for the raining fish and whatnot any day now. ;-P )
June 9th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Ooo..so pretty! It’s so hot to be spinning wool though…hm, unless I could MacGuyver my wheel into a fan….hmmmm…
June 9th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I love…the green… It looks wonderful…both you and turtlegirl76 have wonderful handspun today
June 9th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Ye-gads, what’s going on with you and Turtle with the handspun? You guys are practically whirling dervishes of the fiber world. Gotta love that green.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:52 am
I love the green yarn. You did a wonderful job at spinning it and the silk looks so soft.
June 11th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Oooh pretty! I love that you’re spinning again. =) Good for you for going for the hankies. I’m rather skeptical of the ones I have. So much so, I actually willingly felted most of them. I’ll have to dig that scarf out and photograph it.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I’m also here to covet the green yarn! Lovely job!
That silk is looking good too!