Dear Jan,
Though the Sisu retreat fast approaches and I need to have my Hemlock finished as a class sampler, I couldn’t resist some spinning this week. I filled my bobbins once more with Nora (the Targhee cross) and plied up another two skeins of 3-ply. I now have about 1,000 yards of something between a heavy fingering and sport weight. There are 8 more batts - somewhere between 600 and 800 yards - so I am hoping to squeak a sweater’s-worth out. If it comes up short I may have to start in on the black batts from Nora and do a two color pattern.
Having sufficient yardage for an entire gray sweater is an uncertainty right now. Having sufficient yardage to complete the Hemmie edging in green leaves is a certainty - as in I certainly do not have sufficient. That little clot of yarn in the upper right is all that remains. Oh, well, some purple leaves certainly aren’t going to disrupt a calm visual pattern.
I am 11/16ths of the way through the edge. Onward…
Love,
Ellen
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
September 18th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Keep going! You can do it!!!
September 19th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
With colors like that, it’s a miracle you’ve even touched the edging. That is going to be a beautiful sweater!
Good luck on the edging; maybe the purple leaves will break up the tedium a bit? That last little bit is always the hardest…