Knittinggarden

I'd like to keep a record of how my spinning progresses, so I'm going to put in a little more info about the knitting I've done with my handspun.  I documented the first project, the One Row Handspun Scarf , and now I'll show photos of fiber to finished product for the other two items I've made. The second finished object I accomplished was the socks.  These were made from the Interlacements wool roving I got in the gift box of practice fiber from Goatlady.  I spun half of it into thick/thin yarn (that's so soft!) but haven't used it for anything but a swatch yet.  I think it might turn into some fingerless mitts. Anyway, I spun the balance of it to continue practicing, and managed to achieve a sportweight two-ply yarn.  As I mentioned yesterday, the colors were not maintained in any kind of order; I just grabbed handfuls of fiber and thinned them down so I could spin easier.  The resulting yarn was quite mixed up, but very colorful! I knit a bas...

I can't believe that the last time this blog had any significant knitting content, the calendar read August!  Let's see, the reason I started a blog in the first place was to document my knitting.  We seem to have strayed pretty far from documenting anything, let alone knitting, in the last year.  I guess we'll just have to remedy that, starting right now.  I will blame Ravelry for my lack of blogging, since I do spend a bit of time there each day, and my projects are quite a bit more up to date there than they are here.  I'm just going to list the items briefly here; you can check out the information on my Ravelry projects page (if you're on Ravelry) if you want to know more. Sweaters first:  I made DH a vest per his request and had yarn left, so I decided that a matching sweater for Buddy was in order.  Aren't they cute?   The next sweater I made was for niece Chelsye's expected baby girl.  We won't know how well it fits a real bab...