Azure hat/scarf
When: December 2011.
Background: Corriedale handspun; “Azure Dreams” roving from Crown Mountain Farm. See #39 on 2010 Spinning.
Fluffball tube scarf/cowl
When: December 2011.
Background: From the Fluffball yarn. See #53 on 2011 Spinning page.
Fluffball cable hat/scarf
When: November 2011
Background: From the Fluffball yarn. See #53 on 2011 Spinning page.
Gail shawl
When: September 2011
Background: This shawl uses the “Roses in Winter” yarn which has been waiting for a project since it was span in 2009. The photos don’t pick up the colors properly; the multiple hues in the yarn keep shifting in the different lighting conditions and range from a dusty rose to a very warm peachy gold. And, there really is a LOT of bling in this shawl–and that doesn’t show up either!
Thomas Stole
When: August 2011.
Background: The yarn is the 3-ply semi-woolen yarn which was spun from the Thomas the Bond fleece; the fleece came from Kate Lowder of Lowder Colours Farm, and was simply a joy to work with. The pattern is an improvisation, using the 5-way Cable Shrug as inspiration. The buttons are a two-tone silver and brass color. It was posted about here.
Gold Dust Woman Luscious Lace cowl
When: June 2011.
The backstory: This is what was left over from the Gold Dust Woman Annis scarf. Just enough for a small cowl, with a lightweight brooch or pin to close.
Gold Dust Woman Luscious Lace cowl
The backstory: Enchanted Knoll Farm silk top, “Gold Dust Woman” colorway, spun into 2-ply heavy laceweight (see the Spinning 2010 page). The scarf pattern is Annis, with beads replacing the nupps. I didn’t like the way the nupps behaved in silk—they were a bit too floppy—so replaced them with a size 6 (or 8?) bronze colored bead.
Comfy Matteus shawl
When: May 2011.
The backstory: The yarns were both spun in 2010. The body of the shawl is the Matteus Shetland, and the trim is the Thomas the Bond yarn. The shawl is light and not very dense despite the solid stitch pattern, but very lofty, very very soft, and very comforting. The pattern is Miriam Felton’s Comfy Shawl from her Twist & Knit pattern set. I used two of four skeins, so there is enough for another.
Update: The second shawl, a duplicate of the first, was completed as a prayer shawl in July 2011.
Checkerboard scarf
When: April 2011.
The backstory: The yarn was spun over a few months’ period on the Victoria. It was the Spunky Eclectic club fiber in Corriedale/Aplaca (80/20?) in “Rubber Grapes,” and since DH decided he sort of liked the colors, it had to become something simple in a scarf. The checkerboard pattern is a plain 6×6 with the first two slipped and the last two knit. Easy peasy.