Happy New Year 2012
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2011 was a banner year for fiber prep, learning and acquiring tools. I made yarn and made some mittens from the yarn as well as a start of a sweater and hope to weave a scarf from some more yarn I spun. (see previous post)
For Christmas, I got some Corriedale raw fleece to process and use on my new drum carder. I ordered some angora to spin in also, but I want to be sure I have the right stuff to blend. I now have several different fibers that need scouring and I hate scouring it in the sink, plus I really need to get some stuff to dry it on. This fiber habit is getting costly. My SIL got a tabletop spin dryer which works well for water extraction so I may need one of those as well as one of those sweater racks to dry it on. I need to clean out a closet just to store all this stuff.
I spun up the rest of my Leicester and plied it on my new bulky flyer. That is awesome. Plus I got some yarn from Norway to make DH a pair of socks. I started these using a vanilla sock pattern, developed on my Sock Wizard V.2 software. I updated my knitting software and added a few new programs for mittens and hats. It is so simple if you want to knit something basic.
I made DIL married to oldest son some mittens for Christmas: I used Classic Elite Lush and I added in a strand of Kidsilk Haze in the body of the mitten for extra fluff/warmth. They came out nice but I can’t believe I forgot to take a picture. Plus I was going to give Bethany the extra leftovers so she could make a ski band and they left without them.
I warped my loom finally, although too late for daughter to try it out. I practically finished a scarf in a couple of hours. Now, I remember that you must pay attention to the tension when warping. The colors came out quite nice and now I am anxious to try my homespun as the weft on the next scarf.
I got out the scarf knitted with Sanguine Gryphon yarn and worked on that as well. I feel like I want to start finishing some old WPIs instead of starting new ones. I just wish I had a decent place to wash fleece because I have a bunch to wash.
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