yes, there IS knitting going on

I promised knitting content but I didn't promise it wouldn't be spinning to knit!

I'm working on some Earl Grey's...

They started out as some superwash merino laps in hazelnut

(from Yarn or a Tale)

I spun some fine singles and did a 2-ply sock yarn

(originally did a 3-ply but didn't like the feel as much)

I don't remember the yardage but each of two plied spindle-fulls madea HUGE ball, there should be more than enough

and the actual knitting...

( with a ball of yarn stuffed in the left sock to show the detail better)

and there's more!

I so enjoyed spinning this combed merino/silk blend in basil (also from Leah at Yarn or a Tale) on my cut out spindle

and plying it on a flower spindle

that I didn't really care so much about setting the yarn aside until

THE PERFECT project for it jumped out at me.

And then the Fall issue of IK showed up in my mailbox and I knew, as soon as I turned the page, this was IT...

Oooh...and there will be MORE knitting in the not-so-distant future because this arrived from Susie/Perchance to Knit in my mail today...

and I've been rubbing it all over my nekkid body ever since.

My family hopes my #4 Harmony tips from Knitpicks and my Peacock Feathers pattern show up soon so they can open their eyes again.

Note: I've been adding some new designs to the shop through the week. I did not rub them on my nekkid body. You know, just sayin'

spindles, knitting and yarn...oh, my!

I spent yesterday making more spindles....

These



make me happy.

I worked on some knitting over the weekend...

This

is pissing me off.

I somehow reversed the row counts and the repeats for the initial decrease rows

and had to frog all. the. way. back.

Then, I was all the way finished with the increases

and the 'knit even until 14.5 inches from cast on"

and began the underarm shaping.

When I realized I was a few stitches short.

I missed an increase row.

Wugh.

Now I've frogged back to add the last increase row and have another couple inches of plain stockinette before I get back to the armhole shaping.

But I washed a bunch of handspun yarn yesterday...

this (merino/silk from my Gatlinburg trip)

is now

this

and it's very, VERY soft and yummy.

Petting it makes me very happy.