Boy do I ever feel out of touch with the blogging world! Things have been very busy this past week and a half. Between family, convocation, the bar admissions course, and a weekend away I haven't had any spare time.
There has been some progress on the fiber front but I warn you it's limited. Up first there is a convocation gift from my grandmother...a washed fleece.
I'm not exactly sure how much this puppy weighs but it seems to be a reasonable size (read: it isn't overwhelmingly large). Also included in the photo are some lovely student handcarders I purchased for the occasion.
Here's what my first carding attempt looks like.
Has anyone done any carding before? If so, do these rolags look like something I might be able to spin at some point? This whole process is a bit of a mystery to me.
I also started swatching for Stephanie Japel's Cable-Down Raglan, featured in the Spring '07 Interweave mag. The yarn is from Oceanwind Knits. I love the way the colour varies from a baby blue to a deep ocean blue.
Before you judge me too harshly for starting something new while neglecting all of the other lovely projects in my knitting basket look at these.
They're progressing, I swear! I still have a bunch of foot left to knit but I have high hopes that these socks will come off the needles later this week with Icarus to follow shortly thereafter.
2 comments:
The rolags look great--definitely spinnable. Do you know what kind of sheep the fleece is from? It looks so soft.
Those socks aren't too shabby either!
Woo hoo! Looks like your projects are all in great shape. Mine aren't too far behind you, but I'm casting on for more, too. So I won't be judging. :D
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