Its all true, the boogie girl is real, and you've found her. She knits, sews, spins, does pottery and writes it all down in this blog.
Friday, January 30, 2004
Busy Busy busy day.
I'm really enjoying this cardigan I've decided to make for M. So without further ado.... 
Here's the roving and you can see that I started with the blue/green as I filled one bobbin yesterday. 
I got anxious and wanted to start to swatch for it. So I made up 50 yards this morning, about 20 of the orange/hotpink and 30 of the blue/green. I was rushing so its a little more "thick and thin" than I would like. The first blue/green bobbin is better.
And another view because I couldn't decide which one showed off the colors best.
I think the swatch looks spectacular and it matches what I had in my minds eye for this sweater. The problem I have now is that I planned on making this in the traditional fair isle way, circular with steeks and then picking up stitches, etc. etc. That's not the problem, the problem is that I don't think the colors will come out the same. I know they won't. I just hope I'm as plesed with the color shifts once I cast on for the full sweater. I may end up doing it in pieces if I think it will come out better. I have a few more days of making yarn and maybe I can cast on for the actual sweater the begining of next week. 
While I was swatching I figured I would also swatch up the muppet puree. Its beautiful. I made 10 oz of it. Enough for 2 pairs of socks or now what I'm thinking is that it would be nice to make into a sweater for me. Maybe with a black front and back and muppet puree sleeves. I think that would show off the short color changes well. I need to try to make longer color chages.
And then I also finished one of the berry socks today and cast on for the second one. Rule is that if you finish one you must be able to immediately cast on for the second one or you will never start the second one. I can't remember where I heard it, but it seems to work for me so far.
Other than all that I mocked up a new bag. Its going to be a soft sided spinning fiber bag. Something big and roomy with soft sides and closeable top to carry my fiber around when I go spinning somewhere. I also spent a good part of my morning working in clay. My clay froze a couple of weekends ago, heat ran out in the shop and I hoped that the clay wouldn't actual freeze, but it did and it was awful to work with. Luckily I had some stored in a different area. I now have a flock of little sheep jars. Once they are done I'll make sure to post pics. I actually feel like I've accomplished something today. Yay me.