Whew!
That was close. 2.5 yards of body yarn was left after finishing the Fantom Bohus.
See you soon with project photos. First, it’s getting a bath and blocking. Yay!
Shop Update Today
Today’s shop update day! Sarah from Maisy Day Handspun sent some fantastic handspun yarns and I dyed up a bunch of Sock, Fat Sock, and spinning fibers. 2pm EST- here.
My favorite? Maybe?
Sock in Treasure colorway
The Kromski:
Thanks for all the interest in my spinning wheel. She’s sold, and I almost got a little weepy seeing her go out the door. She’s definitely in good hands, though, and I hear she’s going to have a very cushy life in someone’s cozy bedroom. (Um, I obviously need a larger bedroom so I can spin in there.) As soon as the new Lazy Lady Wheel arrives, I’m sure the weepy will be suspended. When that will be, I don’t know. It’s been positively days since I ordered the wheel, and no tracking number! I’m desperate to obsessively track its progress as it nears my house. C’mon, wheel!
ETA: Oh, my gosh, thanks so much, everyone. I think that might be the biggest rush the shop has ever seen. The shop seems to be handling the beating you’re giving it, thank goodness. I wish there were more hours in the day for making stuff for you!
Another New Project: Cobblestone
Bohus sweater? What Bohus sweater?
I’ve been spinning for a new project. It couldn’t be helped. The moment I saw Jared’s sweater (Fall 2007 Interweave Knits) and dyed the Mollusc Wensleydale, I knew they were a match.
Won’t the garter of the yoke look like wet cobblestones in this handspun yarn?
The facts:
Wensleydale wool from my hand-dyed Mollusc top
worsted weight
two ply
approx. 550 yards/ 11.7 oz.
This is heavy, dense, drapey, shiny stuff.
The yarn I’m using for the body is Classic Elite ’03 Tweed in color # 5975. People, there is acrylic in this yarn. You wouldn’t know it, though. I was going to use the called-for Classic Elite Skye Tweed I have in charcoal, but after reading Aran Knitting, I am OBSESSED with Na Craga and will die if I don’t have a charcoal tweed version for my very own self. And really, the Classic Elite ’03, of the ’03 is to be believed, has been in my stash a good long time!
I’ll woman-ify Cobblestone a wee bit, adding waist shaping and not much else. As for the waist shaping, I could narrow and widen that side garter band so that it looks like an hourglass, or I could do the shaping on either side of the garter band. I think that the latter might be more interesting.
Oh, and that Bohus:
I is *this close* to being finished.
Shop Update:
It’s tomorrow at 2pm EST. There’ll be lots of sock yarns and spinning fibers, and Sarah from Maisy Day Handspun send some big fat cushty skeins of thick and thin Merino and some gorgeous fine and slick two ply mohair.