Yarn Spinning Follow-up

Hi all!  This is just a quick post before I head home from work.  I finished my first skein of yarn!  I have to admit that the first half of the yarn has lots of little baubles in it, but once I got the hang of it, it went very well.  I do need to work on over spinning it (some places are still a bit curly but I think that will work out when I'm knitting or crocheting with it.

Anyway, here's the finished product!

Have a great evening!

Sofyann

Yet Another (and Another) Project...

Happy Independence Day!!  I spent a wonderful day with my family.  We all met up at Mom's house and my brother grilled us some of the best ribs!  They were so tender and juicy that the meat just fell off the bone. I made potato salad, brownies, and this great cherry cheesecake dip that I found on Facebook.  Mom made baked beans and carrot cake.  All was delicious!  We (kids) work too much so we don't get together all that often, so it's nice when we do.

Now on to my latest venture.  I can never seem to finish one (or more!) projects before starting a new one. Two weekends ago I was going through my yarn stash and found this great yarn that I bought from Michaels.  It's their Loops & Threads Impeccable Big! Yarn.  I love working with this yarn.  The color I forgot I'd bought is called Earth (see pictured below).

And I found this great pattern by Caron called Sophia Cardi.  Since my name is really Sophia, I just had to have the pattern.  And what made it even better is that the pattern is free! Here's what it looks like:

This cardigan is knit from the bottom up. I've finished the lace at the bottom, have sectioned off for the fronts and back and am now knitting the back.  It is knitting up lovely!  The ombre is working up great without major pooling of the colors.  I'm trying to decide whether to leave the sleeves as they are in the written pattern or change them up a bit and make the bottom of the sleeve in the lace pattern switching to the broken rib stitch at the armpit (like with the sweater body) for the top of the sleeve.  If I used the lace stitch, I'll make the arm fuller at the bottom to accommodate the 10 stitch lace pattern.   I would love to hear your opinion!

Here's a picture of the sweater so far:

The pic on the top is a close up of the back.  The pic on the bottom shows the entire width of the lower half of the sweater.  

On another note, I'm almost finished with the cream/tan scarf that I'm making in conjunction with the Craftsy lace class mentioned in my last post.  I just have the edge left to do...then I'll block it and post the results.

Oh...I also started the Craftsy class "Spindling: From Fluff to Stuff" with Drucilla Pettibone.  This class is to teach me to spin my own yarn.  It's going pretty well.  Let me tell you though, it's a lot harder than I thought it would be to make a nice even strand!  I'm using a Superwash Fleece (100% Merino Wool) that I bought years ago from Ursula's Alcove the first time I thought I wanted to learn how to spin.  I think it was at a medieval fair in Norman, Oklahoma, but it was so long ago that I really don't remember.  I'm not sure if she's still selling "fluff" but she has a website that's still active www.ursulasalcove.com and she also has a store on Etsy.com.  You can always message her and ask.  I also bought a spinning kit off of Craftsy.com.  It came with the spindle and three bags of fleece.  I decided to use the old fleece to learn on before I spin the new stuff in the kit!

Here's my first attempt.  I still need a lot of practice but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.  If nothing else, I have more respect for those who spin their own yarns.

Well, time to watch all the fireworks around the city!  Have a great evening, enjoy the fireworks and stay safe!