Two Sick Days and Two Thousand Yards Later ...

     There is nothing like a couple of sick days to make a dent in a WIP! The Socks of Eternity (Or, the Interlochen Socks with the Toe of the Damned) are finally finished.

    They are two different colors because I bought these colors intending to make a colorwork sock. I soon realized colorwork socks would become 3-Year-Socks, so I frogged them and remade them into the Interlochen socks.

     I couldn't wait to cast these on:

"Hopscotch" from "Think Outside the Sox." I really like this sock yarn, Bamboo and Ewe. It's soft and thick and very warm and sturdy. It's labeled #1. I used a 2.25mm with the Interlochen, but with these, I'm using a 3mm. They're meant to be open and lacy.











   

     Aside from all the knitting, I've been busy spinning ....

     The "Rust" BFL. This is almost all of it. I ordered another 4 oz from a different vendor, in a different colorway, to ply it with.

    Chives are the first thing up in my garden every year; they also go to seed before I even get the garden planted. You know that purple flower they get on the head of the stalk, once it's matured? Those are great tossed in a homemade oil-and-vinegar dressing.

     Here is the Falkland-bamboo-Angelina mix I got a few weeks back. It's about half spun. It's really easy to spin, very smooth and well carded. I have no idea what I'll do with it once it's finished, I bought it mainly for the Pretty Factor.  My friends' 2-year-old was fascinated by it, and tried to dance around the living room with it. I completely understood.

     And my latest, some Mmmmmmmmmmerino! I bought 8 oz of this, so I'll have enough, hopefully, to make a shawl. You all know how I love shawls! Something light and airy, maybe with beads.

     I have more fiber coming; BFL, and 6 ounces of 3 different colored Merinos (2 oz each), red, purple, and burgundy. I have just been wanting to spin lately, without much thought to what I'll be doing with the finished product!

     Just a random kitty shot ... one of the kitties that lives on my porch, Petunia's sister. She was born almost entirely black, but now she is starting to turn orange under the black. It looks really odd, but I couldn't get her to sit still for a picture. One of her paws is completely orange. I call her "Coraline," after the girl in the cartoon.







     Well, I am going to go combine hot water, a lemon tea bag, brandy, and honey into a large mug, and see how that makes me feel. Happy Fiber Arts Friday!