Spinning Sock Yarn
January 24th, 2008 at 11:16 am (spinning)
Knit Visualizer update: Quickly, before I get into the sock yarn, I’ll give you an update on Knit Visualizer 2.0. I’ve run into a problem with the new version of Mac OS X, aka Leopard. It doesn’t play nice with the fonts I use to build the Knit Visualizer symbols. ARGH! After some testing and trying, I went last night and bought a mac mini that has Leopard on it so I can figure out what the @#%#@@()$& is going on. I am hoping to fix it up this weekend, get it working, and get it released!
Now, on to the sock yarn!
Remember we had this?
The Sheep to Shoe kit from Blue Moon Fiber Arts in the Carbon colorway.
Then it became this:
The bobbin on the left is different than the other two because I spun that one on my new Rose spinning wheel; and didn’t have a woolee winder yet. I was originally planning on doing a traditional three ply, which is why it’s split into three. I did a test of a few yards and it was way too busy for me. You can see how much space is left on the Rose bobbin compared to the Schacht bobbins. I decided on navajo ply to keep a three ply and to keep the colors together.
Bobbin one quickly became this:
And now looks like this after washing and drying:
Closeup:
It’s still a bit thicker than I was trying for, but that’s Ok. It plumped up a lot when it was washed. It’s probably a sport weight maybe a really thick fingering weight. I’m going to do toe up socks with it, probably in plain stockinette. I hope the yellow isn’t too overpowering once it’s knit up. It’s my least favorite of the whole colorway.
Joann said,
January 24th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I’m not a yellow fan either, but the color combo is really striking!
Marta said,
January 24th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Absolutely incredible! and..
I’ll take it!
Marie said,
January 25th, 2008 at 12:39 am
I have to say, I’m not a Yellow fan, but I think the yarn is gorgeous.