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March 21st, 2006 at 11:58 am (uncategorized)
I picked up a beautiful bunch of yarn from my ever willing supplier, and showed it to my husband. "Honey - look at this yarn. Isn’t the color beautiful? I’m so excited to make a sweater for myself out of it"
Being well trained, he looks at the yarn and replies, "That is really pretty yarn. But what happened to the purple cashmere stuff which is supposed to make a sweater for you?"
"That stuff is only roving right now. I still have to spin it before I can get to the make-a-sweater part"
Husband replies , "Oh", looking a big skeptical.
"Besides, I can make myself more than one sweater you know."
I personally think he’s jealous. He did put on his Hardangervidda sweater the next day.
For the record, I have currently only ever made myself 1 (one) sweater so far. I have made many other sweaters, but always for other people. Now I have a tough decision. I need to determine _what_ sweater to make. I originally ordered the yarn to make a lacy sweater from Gathering of Lace. (couldn’t find a picture on the internet. sorry), but am considering a cabled sweater. More on that tomorrow!
Cleaning Fleece
Oh - and for my mom - who currently proclaims that she doesn’t think she’d really ever want to wash raw fleece. Check out this excellent how-to from Debbie: How to Wash Fleece The Easy Way (title is my own)
Mom said,
March 22nd, 2006 at 2:11 pm
Debbie makes the whole fleece washing process seem effortless. Perhaps she would consider washing my fleece next time (I would send it to her and not make her come to the Arizona desert)? And then maybe not. . . . owell. Asking for something can bring surprising results. Right Nancy? =)