Knit Sisters

First off, proof that Rob was really in St. Louis over the weekend:

 

It looks hot there, doesn’t it?

Second, thanks for the kind comments and great response to the first five sizes of the S4.  I am working on the second group of sizes even as we speak, and hope to have that pattern completed and up on the site (thanks Alex!) within the next week. 

If, as you work through the pattern, you have questions or things are unclear, please feel free to email me directly by clicking on my name where it appears at the top right corner of the site.

And now, as promised, some new pictures of what I have been working on.

I finished spinning and plying the two handpainted rovings. 

 

A close-up:

The two singles worked out to be almost exactly even in yardage when it came time to ply them together, which made me very happy.  I was afraid that I would end up with significantly more of one than the other, and then I would have to decide what to do with that extra bit.  Ply it back on itself?  Leave it as singles?  At any rate, such a dilemma was, happily, averted.  I ended up with 5 good-sized skeins (1 pound) of 2-ply, which I have no idea what I am going to do with.  But it’s pretty, isn’t it?

I started spinning that butterscotch-colored wool:

 

This is wool that I purchased at the Heart of America Sheep Show and Fiber Fest this year.  It was washed and dyed, but not processed any further when I bought it.  I put it through my combs, and have finally started spinning it.  Let me just say, I love, love, love spinning my own combed fiber.  It’s so easy, it almost spins itself.  Compared to those handpainted rovings, which required splitting and (tedious) predrafting, this stuff is like magic.  Don’t get me wrong, those handpainted rovings were fun and ended up being quite beautiful, I think, but they were definitely more work. 

I haven’t been doing much knitting.  It’s too hot, even in the air conditioning.  I find spinning to be a cooler activity, because you don’t end up with a heavy, woolly thing in your lap. 

Hugo says, “I know it’s really hot out there, but I still kind of want to go out.” 

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