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Osterdalen is being assembled!
But let me tell you, sewing black sleeves on a black body, after dark, is a real trick with aging eyes. Sitting under an Ott lamp, which simulates daylight, helps. But it's slow going...
The clasps have arrived for the neckline. Ben wants clasps rather than the zipper shown in the pattern. I agree.
This will be done by next weekend. Ben'll be home for fall break.
I'm already pondering my next big project. Fall is great sweater knitting weather!
As you may recall, last Sunday I spun up some sample skeins from my new CVM.
I tried three different yarn weights.
Here, you see the three types:
fingering/sport, worsted, and bulky.
No, wait, that last skein isn't bulky.
What appears to be two strands of multistranded bulky yarn is really a woefully underplied attempt at something close to lace weight!
This is a perfect example of what happens when you are happily sitting in the sun, music on the radio, conversing with your honey, and not concentrating on your spinning.
For my next trick?
Running the sad little skein of yarn back through the wheel.
Perhaps it can be repaired?
I finally, after purchasing the domain name more than a year ago, managed to figure out how to link my blog to the domain!
Yes, I DO currently work with computers for a living. (wince)
My new location for the blog is 20AcresNoSheep.net.
Cool, eh?
If you continue to log in at Tonyiasblog.blogspot.com, it will still direct you to my new domain.
Paul and I took the dogs for a walk this morning in the arboretum.
We have a few geocaches in the arb.
We walked out to check one of the geocaches.
Unfortunately, in this fall weather, there are lots of burrs and sticky seeds!
Poor little Chip got a snootful of little tiny ones.
Guess that's why he belongs to Girl of the House. She can remove the burrs!
Then we headed to Paul's folks for birthday dinner.
Both of his brothers, and families, were there.
The two youngest grandaughters discussed the birthday candle placement with Grandma.
We had a fun dinner, and then were home in time to sit on the deck to relax.
I sampled up the new CVM fleece. Three different styles of yarn. Pictures, possibly, tomorrow.
(They're hanging, drying, in our bath.)
I had an all day continuing education class today. Don't you hate it when you have to get up earlier on Saturday than you do the rest of the week?!
My class was an hour away. It was a good opportunity to catch up on a few podcasts. Sound Opinions and This American Life. Someday, I'll be all caught up on my podcasts. But for now, I catch 'em whenever I can. My commute to work takes less than 10 minutes, so there's no podcast listening during the drive.
It was an all day class. I managed to get lots of knitting done on the Alpaca Sox. The first one is almost complete. (those veg are getting a workout holding up socks, aren't they? Really, we've been eating them, too!)
Look what met me on the sidewalk when I came home on Friday.
Two pounds of CVM (California Variegated Mutant), already made into batts, ready for spinning.
I love the sound of that - Mutant Sheep - welcome to the future!
This is my consolation for not getting into SOAR this year.
I, and several of my friends, were waitlisted. Not a one made it off the list.
This may not be a terrible thing. It appears that they don't have enough hotel rooms available for all the participants. Nice - book a large gathering at a place without enough lodging for everyone.
Bitter? Who, me?!
Hah! I bet no-one at SOAR has two whole pounds of CVM! Take that, Interweave and SOAR!! Hah!
Clockwerk asked about a certain warm sweater I began the past winter. January, actually.
It, too, has been picked up and put down multiple times. It has not traveled from state to state, as it is a bit more complicated.
It seems I last left it in a state of partial neckline completion. The right side has the edging knitted.
The left was, seemingly, abandoned.
Perhaps, as Clockwerk is about to have a major birthday, I will get on it and get the poor, armless
thing completed.
After the neckline is done, it's only the seaming up that is left. Shame to leave it so close to finished, for so long.
I've been doing some sampling of the finn fleece.
I've got a small skein of worsted weight and a small skein of lace weight.
I like 'em both.
Every morning, on my way to work, I pass this alpaca farm.
They're multiplying! See the little bitty white one?
This coming weekend is the Alpaca Farm Tour in Minnesota. Be sure to check it out, if you're in the state! There are farms all over Minnesota.
Clockwerk probably won't read this post this far down, will he?
Girl of the House is baking some special SPO (student post office) birthday love, to be posted in the mail tomorrow.
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