Out of Focus
Ever since Christmas my creative juices are all over the place. I can't concentrate on anything for more than a day, there just doesn't seem to be much of a goal (forget the fact that I have two half-done sweaters and probably six socks in progress). So what have I been doing?
Last weekend I made a batch of soap and some lotions and I spun this:
Okay, I spin all the time. But I haven't spun silk in a while! I've been spinning it on my spindles and while it's very fun to spin elegant frog hair on a spindle, good lord it takes a long time. I needed some quick results. This is Navajo plyed, 225 yds to 2 oz. Nope, no ideas of what to make with it.
For the last couple of weeks I've been in the mood to do some dyeing, and when I saw Vanessa's post a few days ago I got some motivation and decided to copy her fun. Sort of. She's much more organized than I am. Here are most of my results:
I'm back to knitting on Brown Sweater tonight. I thought I was a lot farther along than I really am, so tonight my goal is to get where I thought I already was. *sigh* That's what taking a month off from working on a project will do to you!
The silk skein is the cat's meow! It looks like you had lots of fun with the rovings - the colours are great! Can't wait to see how they look spun up.
Posted by: Melanie | January 07, 2007 at 08:49 PM
::gasp:: You have some stunningly gorgeous colors there, missy! When does the dye business open?!? I love *all* of them!
Posted by: Sam | January 07, 2007 at 09:19 PM
omg, i LOVE your colors! how did you get the roving to not be all compacted?
and me organized, now that is the laugh of the century ;-)
Posted by: vanessa | January 07, 2007 at 10:00 PM
BEEEEEE-UUUUUUU-TTTTTTT-FUL!!!!! I love those colors!!!!! Note to self -- gotta try this!
Posted by: Robin | January 07, 2007 at 11:53 PM
Very nice! I have some roving that would be fun to dye but it takes a whole morning alone in the house and when does THAT happen?
Posted by: CarolineF | January 08, 2007 at 08:32 AM
Wow, all new colors to celebrate! I hope you enjoy the spinning as much as the dyeing. I admit, I'm not as into spinning silk as I was into dyeing it...hmmm. Maybe I'll morph into the mood later on?
Posted by: Joanne | January 11, 2007 at 03:36 PM
Gorgeous colors!! I think the dyeing bug has caught a lot of us lately! I hope you show the resulting yarn too!
Posted by: June | January 11, 2007 at 07:13 PM
I've had good luck with making 13 stitch wide arrowhead lace scarves with limited amount of yarn - they look cool and the yarn goes a long way because of the lace.
Posted by: Chris | January 14, 2007 at 09:37 PM