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.
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Early Sunday morning porn
Fiber porn that isI went to Halcyon and got some fiber. As I was making my purchases I was thinking this should hold me for a while, along with all the stuff I already have. Um, sure it will. (sarcasm) I came home and got some more superwash roving in colors and am now looking at some pretty multicolored rovings. They spin up so fast and then they are done, I can't be left with nothing to do. This is what I got 3.5 lbs total
Top left I have no idea what I want to do with it, White coopworth, it was just so creamy white and sitting there asking to go home. The top right, white domestic, will be dyed pretty colors and made into socks. The bottom is beautiful Coopworth in grey browns, that I got the most of so I can make a cabled sweater, I hope. If I ever get the other things done. I got a gorgeous grabbag last week and I had planned to make one big garment out of it, but yesterday I started to put colors together and came up with an interesting mix that I think I will make into socks. I spun up and plied there is 150 yds. Here it is hanging, drying next to some golden copper superwash merino that is slated for mittens or maybe a hat. I appologize for the bad photo, once they are dry and no longer swinging on a rod I'll get a better one. 
And this is a single that I did the first day I had the spinning wheel. I just need to get some brown to go with it and use the brown and this in stripes for some socks. Can you tell I like making socks? What am I going to do with it? Socks. And that? Socks. I need to be entered into a 12 step get off the socks self help program.
I have been doing a fair amount of knitting. I've gotten the most done on that vest. I have the back completed and about 10 inches on the front done. Here's the back 
Exciting isn't it? Nothing like a charcoal grey plain vest back. Ooooooh. Ok that's enough sarcasm. I need to get back to it. I have tons of stuff to do today and I will probably spend most of it slacking off and playing with my wheel. I want to make another 100 yds or so of that variegated yarn so I can make the socks from it. Not like I need to start another project. I'm trying to finish my mom's socks (after the vest, I want that done today) and then I need to do Dad's socks and then I can start on another for me, gloves out of the rowanspun or more socks? I may need a break from making socks. Gotta keep these WIP's on a schedule lest they sneak in and steal the spot of another. No cutsies!!