You'll never believe it--I'm still knitting
The knitting goes on. I miscalculated a bit on my sleeves and would have done the increases differently had I not miscalculated, but I think in the end, it will work out OK. I'm going to go ahead and finish this one and see what happens when I wash it. If it doesn't work, I'll just rip and do it again. No big deal.
The front and back await their sleeves.
But I'm not likely to make a ton of knitting progress over the next few weeks as it's Tour de Fleece time. I've never felt like participating before because I wasn't a very dedicated spinner, but I've really been enjoying the spinning this year, so I'm bringing that to the table, along with an enormous pile of fiber.
In the meantime, I'm finishing up 8 oz of black Leicester long wool. It wasn't a particularly fun spin, but not too onerous either. I did practice my long draw drafting a lot on it, so that was nice. It's good to have some solid sheepy colored yarn around to use as contrast with the colors I tend to pick.
I'm going to try to spin this green/black/gray into a light fingering weight to make Hitofude. I'm not sure if I'll have enough yardage, but I think the pattern will work out if I need to do a color change.
The Thunderboom fiber is destined for some kind of wintery accessories since the green in it is exactly the same green as my sweater.
The front and back await their sleeves.
But I'm not likely to make a ton of knitting progress over the next few weeks as it's Tour de Fleece time. I've never felt like participating before because I wasn't a very dedicated spinner, but I've really been enjoying the spinning this year, so I'm bringing that to the table, along with an enormous pile of fiber.
In the meantime, I'm finishing up 8 oz of black Leicester long wool. It wasn't a particularly fun spin, but not too onerous either. I did practice my long draw drafting a lot on it, so that was nice. It's good to have some solid sheepy colored yarn around to use as contrast with the colors I tend to pick.
I'm going to try to spin this green/black/gray into a light fingering weight to make Hitofude. I'm not sure if I'll have enough yardage, but I think the pattern will work out if I need to do a color change.
The Thunderboom fiber is destined for some kind of wintery accessories since the green in it is exactly the same green as my sweater.