Saturday, September 17, 2011

It is finally fall

I love the return of cooler weather. Now I can wear the sweater I just finished.
Green Apple Bohus sweater with a reduced number of colors. I used KnitPicks Palette, but instead of 5 shades of red/pink used only 3. The hardest parts were the rounds with 3 colors being used. The sleeves and body knit quickly and I didn't get bored.

I also fixed up a brown sweater I knit a while ago, but in a cropped style. I didn't wear it because it was too short, so I snipped off the bottom and added about 3 inches and then grafted it back together.
I also finished spinning my Tour-de-Fleece project:
Night Owl, Merino, Spunky Eclectic club, 803 yds, 4oz.
I then started in on my next project:
This is for my sister. It is a mix of BFL, Mohair and glitz. It looks like a purple haze, but is spinning up to make a bulky 3-ply. There are only 2 oz on that bobbin. I have 12 oz total to spin and will make 2 skeins.

Next up is the current knitting project:
I am making a skirt from Classic Elite Yarns. I love the yarn and I am knitting this to use as a over-up before/after dance class, so I don't need it to be too long or need to worry about where the eyelets land as I will always have tights and a leo on with it.

The next knitting project to start is:
Mittens for me. These should match my new winter coat. The ones wore last winter are a rust color and just don't go with the coat so I went stash diving and found these.

The next wool project is:
I got this at The Wool Gathering today at Young's Dairy near Yellow Springs, OH. It is just under 2 pounds and needs to be washed. It was my only purchase (other than an ice cream cone) and was only $17.

So as we move into fall I will be spinning and knitting to the sounds of a beginning Cello musician. There might be a fight over the chair as he needs to practice and I want to spin, but I guess we will deal with that when it comes.