Finished objects:
Michelle finished her Waffa bird.
Erica finished the toe up socks (pictured below with TJ's thumbs up of approval). The toe up socks were knit in fingering weight yarn from Gynx Yarn, who is no longer dyeing. Erica also finished 1 of her the cuff down socks for TJ, but it did not receive a thumbs up and has now been frogged to be socks for herself! These socks were being knit in worsted weight yarn on 3.25 mm needles. Now that they have been frogged Erica has started a new pair of cuff down socks for herself!
The first is the llama fleece that she recently skirted. It was just too soft to send to the mill. She wishes you could feel how soft it is and really looks forward to spinning it.
Michelle also finished carding an Icelandic fleece. As she was carding the fleece, she kept an eye out for nice locks to use in needle felting. She is planning to dye some of them.
The locks from the same fleece are both straight and really curly depending where on the sheep they were. Both will work well for beards or hair.
A jackpot of curls!
The carded fleece ready to spin:
Erica has finished combo plied yarns of the Lakeside colour way (below under works in progress on the left) and the Arctic Berries colourway (below under Works in Progress on the right) with the Fractured Dawn colourway.
Erica has also woven off the damask fabric for her travel Coronet. Her Laurel, Rogned will pearl and make the Coronet. This will make packing for SCA events when travelling by air, much easier!
Works in Progress
Erica has cast on 2 new pairs of socks, a pair of fingering weight socks for TJ, since he did not like the worsted weight yarn on his feet and socks for herself out of the yummy worsted weight yarn. She is using Ann Budd's class on BluPrint to learn new heel and toe knitting techniques. Erica hopes to really feel like a true sock knitter someday!
Erica has spun singles of the Lakeside Colourway (left), part of the Wool N Spinning Finn Breed and Colour Study. She has also spun singles of the Artic Berries colourway (right) for the same study. She is focusing on spinning up Lakeside and plans to make a 3 ply yarn in an attempt to keep the original colourway fairly pure.
Giveaway winner!
Thank you Kelly for your comments on our Episode 9 post on FB. Michelle will be giving you some yarn to use in your crochet projects! We hope other listeners will comment on future posts, we really look forward to having more of a 2 way conversation with our listeners!
Podcasts:
Erica recently listened to the Power Purls podcast series on "Taming Your Time". She learned a lot from this podcast and is working on scheduling some actual downtime for herself!
Erica also found the Ewe University podcast on lighting for crafting. She recommends this episode for those who are interested in further discussion of this topic!
I am so thrilled to have been chosen as the winner of the giveaway! Thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that Erica is making good progress in becoming a true sock knitter. Michelle, that bird is beautiful!
Looking forward to the next episode.