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It's a yarn-y good time

Busy is as busy does. Yeah, I'm not even sure what the hell I mean by that one, but I'm wrinkled in the knees I've been so swamped. I finished honeymoon and will post pics tomorrow along with some major ranting about what shitty, splitty yarn I used, and that goes to show you that when I rhyme I'm not necessarily having a yarny good time.

But a yarny good time I have been having, and the proofs in the puddin'. This post is pic heavy and content dry, like internet porn, have fun!

First there's harley, named after my pop's mean machine when I was a kidlet. It was painted orange with purple flames and no other bike will ever do it for me. The yarn is 175 yards of double ply, 2 hanks of singles, 200 yards and 100 yards. It's all merino, sock wieght. The single should be self striping, random, for the leg and foot while the 2-ply is a color mish mash for the toe, heel and whatever else. It's softee, and I think it'll knit up to be a pair of socks worthy of the name.

Then there's forbidden forest, can you tell what I've been reading? Like a hungry dog. It's also merino. Two hanks of singles, 70 yrds and 105 yrds, and a hank of 2-ply, 90 yards. It wasn't my intention to do them this way, I figured on spinning about 150 yards of double but after I got one bobbin full it looked so pretty I knew the other balls of roving would have to be singles, the one on the wheel was already spun to be plied (more twist than a single could hang with).
So, again a mix, but not sock weight by any means. The singles are so soft and finally, I've got to the point where singles are pretty balanced! Not so many little twisty parts from the drafting, too. If you click on the pics and compare the purple/orange singles to these singles, you can tell how much nicer they are. What a difference a day makes! Rock.

Finally, here's pink goose, 2 hanks of about 55 yrds each. Thick and thin, plied with very thin red fade to pink single. VERY BULKY.

For those of you who come here for kiddie goodness (that'd be my mom and pop), here's the current state of my drive way, at least until it rains --

The tongue actually extends all the way down the driveway, a good 15 feet. Yesterday we saw a neighbor bring over a ladder so that he could get a full shot picture.

Posted by jacey at July 23, 2005 10:03 PM