Name that film quote! So, last night Eric and I were rear-ended heading back from a show at a terrific venue in Allston. We called the cops and in less than two minutes there were 2 cop cars, an ambulance, a firetruck…I don’t understand how so many forces of…the force converged so quickly. I was a little dazed but I saw almost a dozen men in uniform, all asking me over and over if I was okay. I got a little teary at the attention we got, to be honest.
Then, I showed them my knitting. It was a sock in progress, on DPNs, and it was the first thing to fly out of my hands, thank God. They started roaring with laughter, making quips about how it could have been a total Farrelly Bros. situation. The last thing they said to me before driving off was “No more knitting in the car!”
This is the penultimate sweater in my NoSoNaFiSweMo runway “show,” it is Spray by Kim Hargreaves from the Rowan Plaid Collection. Since I knit it in in the Stormy Night colorway I renamed it T-Storms.
I don’t know what to say about it…the yarn was decent to work with, soft and lightweight. Another chunky knit with lots of clunky seams. I used the Plaid to seam but I removed one of the plies (the light grey) to reduce the bulk a bit.
My spinning is actually way more exciting than this FO. I’m flying through the sock set I ordered from Spunky Eclectic. I think my singles look pretty good!
They’re a bit over-twisted but that should be okay after I ply it. Spunky’s sock kits are such an amazing deal–for $9.50 I get to practice spinning and plying sock yarn with a well-behaved wool (and coordinating nylon) and if all goes well I’ll have yarn to knit a lovely pair of new socks. So that’s hours of fun, PLUS a great pair of socks for UNDER TEN DOLLARS. I officially love spinning.
I kind of made up a method for preparing the fiber. I wanted to consult the Twisted Sister’s Sock Workbook, but it was checked out of my library. She includes two 2 oz. rovings (this kit was called Night Flower and included Banff and Pink Elephant, I think). I split each in half and then split each of those a few more times. I wound and weighed little “dreampuffs” and lined them up according to weight. I made two identical balls of roving alternating between the colors.
So I’m spinning up two of these. Haven’t decided whether I’ll ply the two together or attempt to Navajo-ply each one separately.
Love your spinning 🙂 The socks will be great.
I actually think this FO is my favorite so far…love grey…love simple…love chunky!
oooh, lovely spinning. i’m definitely getting the urge to learn.
Well, it’s a great deal if you know how to spin! Hee hee! I know what you mean though, you can get so much entertainment from one little package 🙂
Nice cozy winter sweater you got there.
Ru-sty.
Ha! European Vacation.
X-Mas Vacation is my favourite — it’s just about to start it’s annual heavy rotation too.
Here I was thinking, damn it’s been a long time since Skrilla posted…and then I remembered you switched. Oops. Updated my feed – this won’t happen again.
Your Nablopm…sweaters look fantastic. I love the Tilted Duster – the buttons are perfect.
Glad no one was hurt in your car accident – Farrelly bros – wise guys eh?
Look at all of the spinning you have been doing! Wow. Very nice work.
I want to learn to spin, but I’m definitely starting with a drop spindle… Can I ask where you found your scale? The only ones I’ve seen online (which aren’t many, I haven’t been diligent about finding a good one), everything I’ve seen before look like they’re meant for… “other”… weigh-able things!
so cute! how do you knit so fast!? It seems you always have another sweater done…
european vacation of course! lol, we just pulled out xmas vacation to watch tonight. classics!
love the yarn in progress!
EZ has a great pattern in spun out #21 for a set in sleeve in the round. I have made two versions and love both. You would never have to seam again. It is pretty awesome. I will actually be teaching a class on it this fall at WEBS.
On another topic, I am moving to Pelham in about a month. Do you know of any knitting groups over that way? I will only be two and a half miles from the center of Amherst.
Peace and Yarn,
Annie