(Sorry, my inner pirate couldn't be denied.) I ended up with a little over 700 yards of soft, squishy, gorgeous worsted-weight yarn. It's uber soft. I can't wait to knit with it. Speaking of knitting, I've changed my mind on the contrast color of my future shawl. Pink will be a bit too garish, at least it is in my head. I've started collecting onion skins from my local grocery store to use as dye. Once soaked and cooked, the onion skins will give a lovely shade of gold. I think the gold will contrast much better with the brown than pink will.
My ankle is a bit better but I'm pretty sure I tore something, not just stretched it, when I stepped wrong. This little injury is going to take a lot longer to heal than I'm going to have the patience for. I'm already tired of dealing with it and it hasn't even been a week. It's strange that I have the patience to wash wool, card it, spin it, ply it, then knit it up but I don't have to patience to deal with waiting for an injury to heal. I suppose I should be grateful it's my foot that's injured and not one of my hands. That would be REALLY irritating.
Oh my Heavens Becky, how do you get it to ply so tightly and evenly? The yarn is so beautiful. Darn collage, I miss spinning...
Love to you and the kiddens :)
Lucy Lu
Posted by: Lucy Sutter | November 14, 2011 at 01:09 PM
What gorgeous yarrrrn!! Love the sparklies.
Posted by: gayle | November 20, 2011 at 10:18 AM