Another Project From My Spinning
As a post script to my entry yesterday, my sister sent me this photo of her fingerless mitts, now complete! Nice going! I couldn't help but laugh at the comment left by my older sister, about "creating a knitting monster". She knows full well it's in the genetics - all I did was give it a little nudge - it's biology really... which of course means we are now turning our eyes towards our next learn-to-knit victim, which very likely might be YOU! Once we get sticks and string into your hands you'll be a goner... better watch out! ROFL!!
I'm pretty sure it was my last blogiversary when Kris won this skein of my handspun in the Off The Coast colorway.The other day she PM'd me on Ravelry to show me what she had made. She called it the Lazy Knitter Cowl and I think it's absolutely gorgeous!
Working with fiber can be such a mysterious process, almost magical, really. You start out with hand dyed fiber you like, trying to think how it will turn out all spun and plied. Then, later, you fondle your finished yarn trying to visualize how it will look as knit or crocheted fabric. Finally it finds it's way into a project and you gaze at it in wonderment. I know what always crosses my mind is - "Gosh! I actually made that yarn - and it looks and knits like REAL yarn and someone (besides me) LIKES it! Whoopee!" I am so glad I feel this way and I hope I always do. I hope there is always some mystery as well as pleasant surprises in the process. I always prefer the road to have a twist or two... nothing too severe, mind you! I hope I never see the day when I pick up a braid of colored fiber and see the exact yarn and fabric it will be. That would be about as intriguing as buying and wrapping a gift for yourself! Long live the fiber adventure with unknowns, quirks, mistakes and eventually happy endings! Cheers all! 
Posted by Gloria Patre at 11/2/2010 10:49 PM 
Categories: Yarn, Spinning, Fiber
Tags: handspun yarn cowl
Categories: Yarn, Spinning, Fiber
Tags: handspun yarn cowl
Knitting and spinning are good addictions! Calling her a knitting monster is too harsh. :o)
The cowl looks wonderful! I feel the same way about turning fiber to yarn as you do. It's amazing, and leaves me proud.
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