Wendy's ramblings

What a yuck day it is today -weatherwise I mean. Cold, wet and windy so I am going to write the blog instead of walking or celebrating Valentine's Day! Too old for that anyway.

If you read last month's you will know that I was combing some Romney fleece and wondering how much tops I would make from 1150g. Well now I know because I've finished. I had 470g of good stuff and 650g of waste, so just over 40% useable. That means I could start on my Christmas sweater..... except I decided that I would try and improve my spinning first to make it more consistent. I can spin well but I know its not always a consistent thickness and it helps to knit a garment if your yarn is the same in every hank, so I am working through Katie Weston's 'Spinning for a Purpose' . I was pleasantly surprised to find that I can do most of the lessons well. I was interested in her way to measure thickness (you need to pay for the workshop to find out all about it). I haven't finished it yet so it may be that its going to get super hard -will let you know next time. 

My last news is that I have completed my jacket which I started during the first lockdown. It is called Yell from Marie Wallin's Shetland book. Its not made with the Jamieson's Spindrift but I used the natural dyed shetland yarn I made in the online guild workshop with Marja Heuvelman in 2019. It was called Natural dyeing for a painter's palette. My yarn was much finer than Spindrift so I had to change the pattern a lot. (now you know why I need to take Katie's workshop!) I absolutely love Shetland and all things Shetland. I'm so looking forward to going back there, probably not this year, but soon. Its the wildlife I love most but the wooly stuff comes a very close second.

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