WIP Wed

Wip Wednesday:

Vanilla sock using Patons Kroy in the Cherry Sours colorways that I bought on clearance at Michaels. I'm only going to work on these in public so I can knit on other things at home. I don't have much sock yarn that I want to knit into socks left so I have to keep these specifically for travel/ out and about knitting. I started these while sitting outside at the river trail (under a tree by the loop with the pond) while Kenny was riding his bike. I wanted to walk more with the girls but Leena hurt her paw immediately when we got there and was limping. She is fine now. She probably stepped on a piece of glass or a sharp rock in the parking lot.

Lookie what I won

Luckily, I won a $50 giftcard to Etsy for tour de fleece in the Woolgatherings group. So I spent it in her shop. I bought 2 braids of Superwash Merino/Merino/Silk.

I also bought 8 oz. of polwarth undyed wool. Since it's undyed, I didn't take a picture of it. Also, Mileena freaking tore some of it up. For some random reason, she decided to mess up that and some Woolgatherings Merino/Silk I have on the wheel (the ball rests on the treadle when I'm not spinning it). 

Did I mention I have another braid of Woolgatherings coming to me today since I'm in her Fiber Adventurer club? So excited, can't wait to see what she's dyed for us.3

tdf 7/18/13

tdf 7/18/13, a photo by vcuchica931 on Flickr.

portuguese merino

portuguese merino, a photo by vcuchica931 on Flickr.

candy cane soap cp

candy cane soap cp, a photo by vcuchica931 on Flickr.

nates baby blanket

nates baby blanket, a photo by vcuchica931 on Flickr.

Tour de Fleece

It's TdF time again. I just want to do a quick post about what I've done so far. First, I missed the first day of the tour (Sat, June 29) because I was camping and thought I packed my spindle but then I couldn't find it. So I had to miss that day. We came back Sunday so I was able to spin on my wheel. I finished plying an orange wool blend that I dyed a while ago but spun for the Fat Squirrel Speaks orange-along.

Yesterday I split this fiber:

 

into different groups according to shades and started spinning the lightest, yellowish color first. This was my TDF progress for Monday 7/1:

 Let me just say that this green is definitely not my favorite color. I got it from Woolgatherings in a Spooky Seconds package so you don't know what colors you're going to get. I'm on the Woolgatherings TDF team so I decided to spin her fiber next but this one is the one I like the least. It's merino and  OMG it drafts and spins like a dream! I absolutely love it.

and shhhh...even though I'm still in school, I joined her club.I almost did the luxury one but I'll add that after I graduate and get another job!

Anyways, I'm about to settle down and watch some podcasts and spin for today. Hope to update again with my progress!