On Yarn pr0n!
Started: 13th February 2008
Finished: First bobbin of singles on 10th March 2008, second bobbin of singles on 17th April 2008 - plied 20th-21st April 2008
Yardage: approx. 230 m / 50 g
WPI: 23 WPI
Fibre: "Galway", 3.8 oz/108 g Domestic wool top from The Yarn Wench given to me by KnottyNaomi
Wheel & Settings: Kromski Minstrel, spun worsted on 12:1 ratio in double-drive mode, navajo-plied on 16:1 ratio in double-drive mode.
Okay, seriously, what the heck is wrong with me? I seem to not be able to get fingering-weight. Either my stuff turn out DK-weight or lace-weight. I was aiming at getting fingering-weight with this one, and from my last experience, I knew that I had to spin the singles thinner in order to end up with Navajo-plied fingering-weight....but obviously, my singles was waaaaaaaaaay too thin. I mean, really: 23 WPI..plied!
Well, at least I get a good yardage out of these two skeins. Each of them has almost the same amount of yardage and weight, i.e. about 230 m / 50 g. That means, with the two skeins, I can make a small shawl out of it! Mind you though, the skein from the second bobbin was a bit of a hazard. Seemed like I got into spinning cobweb singles that the singles ended up breaking about 10 times while plying.
Oh well....overall, even though I didn't get fingering-weight, I'm still pretty happy with the result.
This is all Bockstark's fault. She got into spinning and has thus been throwing rapid fire questions about wheel spinning at me...and so that re-kindled my spinning fire. Otherwise I guess these two skeins would have just sat there for three more months or so. :-p
Last weekend was the Sauerlacher Spring Market, where the Wollmeise was going to have a stand to sell her yarns. So, what does a good Wollmeiseholic to do? Of course, go over and get yarns!! Here's my loot:
Yup, 9 skeins of sock yarns (I got 2 skeins of Koralle im Meer) and 2 hanks of lace-weight! They're soooo gorgeous!
It was such feeding frenzy at the market. We (me, Bockstark and a couple more knitting friends) got there and literally a minute afterwards all hell broke loose with all these people coming in all at the same time. I ended up standing in one corner and couldn’t get out and had to defend the skeins that we put aside because people were grabbing from that. LOL. It was fun and it was great!
Anyway, I got the 2 skeins of Koralle im Meer in order to re-start the Mystic Light. I originally got the Wellensittichvogelfeder in lace for it and have already started knitting it...only to be frogged after two days. The colourway was just too busy and it totally obscured the lace pattern. Wellensittichvogelfeder has four contrasting colours: black, yellow, blue and green. Whilst Koralle im Meer has contrasting colours on it, but it has only 2 main colours, namely blue and orange/red. I was skeptical when I was knitting up the Koralle version because it seemed that the colourway is going to distract from the pattern again. However, I thought that I would really give it a go, besides, the fingering-weight - which was originally called for the pattern - seems to work better than the lace-weight, since the cables seem more pronounced.
And I think that my perseverance with this colourway has paid off....it worked:
Started: 19th April 2008
Finished: WIP
Yarn: Wollmeise 100% superwash merino Sockenwolle in "Koralle im Meer" (light)
Needles: Addi Lace, 3.5 mm / 80 cm
Pattern: Mystic Light Shawl by Anna Dalvi (aka Knit & Knag)
It's interesting that you can see the lace pattern quite well when the shawl's not too close. But if the shawl's close enough, you'll be distracted by the colours. ;-)
I definitely will stick with this one...it's really growing on me now.
Well, that's all for now. Hope everybody has a good week!
Current Mood: Good, but in need of some tea...
17 Whispers:
I'm coming to your house to knit socks. I'll knock 3 times.
Deine Fotos sind mal wieder unglaublich!! Und so viele schöne neue Meisen...
Aber auch Deine handgesponnene ist was ganz besonderes!
Viele Grüße
Tanja
I think I hate you... ;) but I love your stash and I'm so jealous that you had such access to the Wollmeise! It's all so beautiful!
Oh, your handspun is gorgeous as well. I mean goooaaaahhhhhrrrrrgggeous!
you're right, i can see the lace pattern much better from afar! your handspun is so beautiful and even! how much yardage of handspun yarn do you think you have in your stash??
Nice lace weight yarn. I almost fell of my chair, when I saw all your Wollmeise yarn. Some are very gorgeous colors. I wish I could have been there, but if there was a frenzy, I wouldn't have come close to get any anyway. :o) The Mystic Light shawl is very daring in this color.
Oh that 'Sultan' is sooo tempting, and your Mystic Light is a wonder--I would've never imagined that it would turn out so well!
Navajo plied laceweight? You are my hero. It's just luscious.
The Navajo plied yarn is absolutely gorgeous! I'll make you the same offer I made Micki... If you ever need someone to "store" it for you, I'm your girl! :)
Spring Flowers is the prettiest yarn I've ever seen. I am saying that totally absolutely seriously... I am absolutely amazed that that is handspun!
The spinning is absolutely contagious, and spreading like wildfire-- I totally went home last night and busted out the spindle because of Bockstark... and YOU! (Thanks!) Pretty pretty spring flowers and I really like the look of the new mystic light. Go team restart!
Hey hun! Good to see you're alive and well. ^_^ And of course still doing your knitting! The skeins you've bought are beautiful! :) And I was reading below and I'm absolutely in love with the Icarus shawl! *grabby hands* It took you nearly a year to do! WOW! Well time and work pays off, it turned out magnificantly! ^_^
P.S. How many pairs of socks have you knit for yourself by now? ;)
Oh So pretty!!! I must have it all!!
ohh, wow, your Mystic Light is gorgeous!! Your yarn is lovely too, but since I'm jealous, I won't comment on that. ;)
You're complaining?? I wish I could spin like that! Your plying is just so beautiful. :)
Wow, Elemm! I LOVEEEEEE your handspun! It's just gorgeous!!! And so even, you spin as well as you knit :)
Even on that drop spindle, the results are stunning -- I am envious of your talents and wish you were closer so I could pick your brain!
Gorgeous porn!! I'm so jealous of your Wollmeise collection.
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