I have been one busy bee. Between work, knitting dates, Robert dates and everything else I have simply had no time to post. I have pictures (regrettably on my dead camera at home) of the baby who is doing very well and is getting cuter by the minute I might add and some pics of my knitting and spinning, none of which I will be able to post until tomorrow so I will just talk about what I have been up to.
My knitting guru Christina and I have started a knit-a-long. She bought me the yarn for my birthday and it is soooo nice! It is the city tweed dk weight yarn from knitpicks and it knits up very pretty and soft. We decided on the Trellis and Vine Pullover from the Interweave Knits fall 2009 issue. It is a beautiful sweater and we were both really excited about it. I say were because I am no longer excited about it. It is the bane of my existence at the moment. For some reason I just DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE LACE INCREASES!! I have been trying for two weeks to get past the neck and it is laughable. Christina is already past the arms and on the body of the sweater and I am still at the freaking neck! I keep messing up and having to frog back....not to mention I don't really have a TON of time to knit so when I do sit down and get to do it, I like to make progress and right now I am making zip. Only when she is with me can I understand what I am doing because I just don't interpret it the right way.....it is so frustrating. But I will get past the lace part if it kills me....and it just might.
Robert Gerard has been a wonderful little boyfriend. This past weekend he took me to a very fancy restaurant called the Capital Grille, then on Saturday we went to outlets in New Hampshire and he started his Christmas shopping....he also bought me a new zip-up and wallet....love him! Then on Sunday (after he slept over ^_~) we went out to breakfast and ran some errands. All and all it was a fantastic weekend.
Then of course there is spinning. I actually found some time to spin this weekend! After I gave up on trying to figure out the damn LACE INCREASES on the STUPID SWEATER, I pulled out my lovely spinning wheel and decided to calm myself down. Spinning is a very relaxing and leisurely past time. It is simply pulling the fiber through your fingers while pedaling the wheel. Since the weather here in good ole New England is starting its quick decline into untter chilliness I decided it was a good weekend to start spinning again. When I looked at my wheel I realized that there was some plied yarn on my bobbin that I never washed or put in a hank. It was the fiber I spun on my spindle that Rob bought me all those many months ago! I washed it and measured it and it is about 108 yards of fingering weight yarn. I am going to use it for the ribbing, toe and heel on a future pair of socks =).
After I wrapped that up I got to spinning on some Spunky Eclectic fiber I had started a few months ago also. I cant recall the name at the moment but it has light brown and deep purple in it.....SO GORGEOUS! I have one full bobbin so far and I have started the second. My plan is to spin down the stash this winter and to have tons of beautiful new yarns to knit with and to gift to other people =). I have six bobbins so I am going to spin on all of the for 2 ply yarn ( so I will spin up 3 bumps consecutively) they ply them all at the same time! I figure this will make it a little faster and I can get the stash to a managable level. Like I said in an earlier post, I am a little ashamed at how much I have versus how much I have spun/spent. Oh well, time to fix my mistakes!
I will have pictures up tomorrow hopefully! Happy Tuesday!
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