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Aug 26
2007
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Actually, it’s alpaca fibre from Alberta. This is another bunch of birthday fibre. I started spinning it up at a spinning demonstration I attended a few weeks ago. It feels wonderful to spin. It’s so soft and the individual fibres move apart very easily. The staple is long too so I don’t find my strip of roving breaking apart very often.I’m spinning this very thin in the hopes of plying back on itself and getting enough yarn at the right weight to make the Wine and Roses Mitts from Interweave Knits Winter 2006 issue. I think they are so pretty and girly but the alpaca will make them reasonably warm too - just right for fall and spring or in my chilly office.
Rob and I went out to one of the smaller lakes for a picnic yesterday. The weather was lovely - sunny and warm with a bit of a breeze. We drove out about four o’clock and walked around and enjoyed the sun until it was time to start our fire for dinner. Hot dogs always taste best when you’ve cooked them yourself over a fire. We had all the regular condiments and Rob convinced me to try Cheesewiz as well. I’m not sure if I’ve made up my mind about it yet. I’ll have to try it again another time. We cooked marshmallows for dessert - what is a camp fire without marshmallows!
I’ve been working on Rob’s sweater for just over a week now and I’m about half way done the back. The needles are starting to get pretty heavy but since I’m now working on the armhole shaping I’ve got fewer stitches to deal with - 38 to be exact! The yarn feels wonderful to work with and the sweater, such as it exists, feels squashy and warm. I love the colour too; it’s so rich. You can’t really see it in the pictures but there are individual golden fibres in among the green and they lend some added depth to the evergreen.
