It’s Done!
No, not the sweater. Carmelo’s still got about 6 inches of sleeve left to go. I finished up the handspun I showed you the other day!
Closeup:
Isn’t it purty? It’s very soft, too. And I think it’s fairly well balanced! Yay! It’s drying now after a nice soak in Kookaburra. There are still some uneven spots, but I still sort of assume those will happen. I’m hoping I’ll learn to avoid those, but for now… it screams handspun. 
Details – Cloverleaf Farms Merino in “Rose Quartz”, 2 4oz. braids, resulting in 262 yards, 223g/7.875oz. at about 13WPI. I only lost 1/8 oz! A record for me! This is the first official handspun from poor neglected Zaphod, and I’m really happy with it. I did have to use Elphaba to ply it, because I wanted to use the jumbo flyer, which I don’t have for Zaphod yet (although Dave does make them now…).
November 26th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
w00t! It looks gorgeous!
November 26th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Very pretty color. I don’t know squat about spinning, but I know what I like in a yarn, merino and purple being high up on the ‘yay’ list.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
If it was too perfect it wouldn’t be handspunny enough! I love it! I love the fatty-bobbins my wheel came with. I don’t know how peeps live w/out them!
November 26th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
They are not “uneven spots” – it’s called “feature”.
And it’s all te difference between industrial yarn and handspun. Why spin yourself if you need shelflike yarn?
It’s geourgeous! I love how you managed to keep it “fluffy”!
November 27th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Very purdy. I can’t wait to see what wonderful thing you knit it up to be.
The uneven spots are cool – call them “addins” or “extras” or “character” or “flair” or “purposely places nubbies” or something equally silly.
I love it.
November 27th, 2008 at 12:27 am
beautiful!!
November 27th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
ooo… pretty. Looks like you could just wrap it ’round your neck as is and be perfectly happy with it that way.