As you may remember, I'm on a yarn diet. This time, I'm taking it very seriously. This is the Cabled Headband from The Knitter's Book of Yarn, and I'm using the leftovers from the Fetchings I made for a friend. My leftovers were beginning to turn into a stash all their own. No more! I only hope I don't run out of yarn...
One of the entrelac socks is done. Except for the afterthought heel, but I want to knit both when the rest of the socks is done. I don't think these will be ready by the end of January so they won't count for the December Sock Knitters Anonymous challenge, though.
Finally, I've been spinning. These are 4 oz of merino in blacks and grays, which I received during an SP round on knitty a while ago. I need to wind off the singles from the spindle, and then I can start plying. And I have just the right tool for that.
Look! New Tabachek spindle! 1.5 ounces, perfect for plying. Merlin thinks it's a cat toy, but for once, I have to contradict him.
The idea is to take the little balls of singles, put them in mugs, wrap yarn around handles once for tension, then 3-ply. We'll see how that goes. I may change my mind and only ply 2 singles together. We'll see.
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4 comments:
Ooooh, what beautiful singles! Can't wait to see the finished yarn.
Deine Entrelac-Socken werden so schöön. Bin schon gespannt, wie sie fertig aussehen.
Liebe Grüße
Mary
I don't know what's going on but stupid bloglines hasn't picked up your feed in WEEKS! Bah!!!!
I love those entrelac socks, they've got it going on!
Lovely, lovely spinning! And your entrelac sock is gorgeous!
And yeah, it's a bit late for Belgium, but Yarnlot's blog post is almost as good. And easier on the wallet!
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