Shepherd’s is milling it over
Thursday October 08th 2009, 10:17 pm
Filed under: Knit,LYS

The good news is, the shawl came out worth every second of the ripping back and of the not knowing; I am very, very happy with it. It’s hard to believe I got that kind of length and width out of 82g worth of laceweight. (Anybody need a little extra white Fino for theirs?…)

The bad part, of course, is that I can’t show it yet.  All in good time.

And now that the lacy days of summer are over, I went looking for what to do next. After all, what’s the worsted thing that could happen, right?

I had a project in mind, and found, as I looked through my stash today, that I’ve been knitting so much lace for so long that I hadn’t noticed I was virtually out of any heavier weights.  It’s not that the wool had DK’d… It just got a little loopy.

Shepherd’s Wool puts out a new-to-me merino so soft one could go in-skein, and Purlescence tonight helped get me all wound up about it.

Nice stuff.  I am going to have a ball with it.


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Sounds like you’re ready to take another project for a spin.

Enjoy the process, knit-less to say. 🙂

Comment by Suzanne in Mtl 10.09.09 @ 5:24 am

Good for you! Enjoy the knitting 🙂

Comment by TripletMom 10.09.09 @ 6:13 am

Does this mean you are working on a new book??? PS: Love the wordplay…Debra

Comment by Debra 10.09.09 @ 6:26 am

Aw… a cloud of lovely knitting would have been perfect this morning. Guess I’ll have to wait with everyone else.

Comment by Ruth 10.09.09 @ 7:58 am

I love super secret new designs.

Comment by Michelle 10.09.09 @ 8:04 am

oohhh I am hoping you can’t show he shawl because another book is in process!!!
(I’m selfish that way LoL)

Comment by Diana Troldahl 10.09.09 @ 8:15 am

I think your surgeon slipped and clipped your pun-inhibitor wiring during your last surgery. Whew!

Have fun bending that yarn to your will.

Comment by Barbara-Kay 10.09.09 @ 8:37 am

That’s a pretty color of Shepherd’s Wool. I’m pretty sure that’s the new line a LYS is carrying that was so nice to the touch…

Comment by Channon 10.09.09 @ 9:24 am

Waiting to see it. The new yarn is loverly, too.

Comment by sherry in idaho 10.09.09 @ 9:30 am

Worsted? Very punny, very punny! That ball of yarn looks pretty peachy.

Fun –

This wine reminds me of myself: classic, medium-bodied, and full of chocolate.

Comment by Don Meyer 10.09.09 @ 9:48 am

*groan*
But the yarn–bad puns aside–looks gorgeous. Maybe I should take some pink out of my stash . . .

Comment by Lanafactrix 10.09.09 @ 10:57 am

You’re tickling my punny bone, keep it going.

Comment by Joan in WA 10.09.09 @ 1:26 pm

I love the yarn and can’t wait to see your next project.

Comment by Joansie 10.09.09 @ 1:35 pm

Oh you slay me!

Comment by (formerly) no-blog-rachel 10.09.09 @ 6:59 pm



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