What Kind of Sock Are You?



WOW.......I'm beautiful!

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Knitting

My last attempt at a purse came out........a little different than I expected. I thought with a pattern in hand and fiber for that pattern, that I might have a better outcome. Here is an "Oregon Tote". The green is dark and rich. I like it. Shhhhhh.....this is probably going to be someone's Christmas present. I won't tell who.....so we don't spoil the surprise.

Whatcha Been Do'in?

Well for me, the retreat allowed me to start spinning this fiber. It's a purchased fiber from Spinderella's in Salt Lake City. The color way is called "Praise". I just love the way this was spinning up. Although, I believe it is spinning up thicker than I normally spin. This could work out ok, fore my dear friend saw it and decided she had to have socks out of it. I won't argue the point. However, I think I may present her with the yarn and teach her how to knit instead.

Navajo Plying

The Spinning Retreat last weekend was wonderful. I learned how to navajo ply. It makes a really thick yarn, probably comparable to bulky weight yarn. Here are the two yarns I plyed. The one is a dark purple and does not show up very well. I'm going to have to find a better place to take the pictures, one with better lighting.

Fall Retreat

My local spinning guild is having their Fall Retreat this coming weekend, September 15, 16, 17th. I really am excited to go. I really enjoy the people and I'm going to learn how to navajo ply. So I had to spin this fiber to learn on. It was suggested that the best ply for a varigated yarn was the navajo ply and I don't know how to do it. Since I seem to be attracted to the varigated fleeces, I better learn how to ply them properly. This is two bobbins of Fall Squall, (the name of the color way), that I have worked up. I'm not sure the pictures are very clear, but one of them has brighter colors and darker browns. I really like this one and have decided to make a pair of socks out of it. The other bobbin I will learn to ply with. It hasn't told me what it wants to be yet, so I guess we'll see what it says after it has been navajo plyed.

Where does Time Fly?

Truly, I am a BAD blogger. It has been way too long between posts on this blog. I have been busy on a few projects, but not posting anything. Here are a few of the projects I have been working on.

Birthday socks for my son, Matt. You can see that I still need to close the toes with the kitchner stitch. I also plan to present to him a pair of the socks made by my Grandmother for her son, my Father. This is where I have inherited my desire to make socks from. Thanks Grandma!
Hopefully, it will pass down to several of my grandchildren, boys and girls alike.