I finished the Hap for Harriet. I’m happy with the knitting, but unhappy with the yarn. I’ll post a picture of it, when I block it this weekend. I frogged the original project. I had stitches slip off the end and it was the last straw. I don’t know what I’ll do with that yarn, but I’ll have to use it with a lighter color.
And the hand spun sweater may also be frogged. I’m not happy with it. The moorit Shetland is dual coat and could stand to be recarded in places. It’s just a boring sweater right now. I’m going to put it away for awhile, take the spun yarn off the bobbin and take a look at it in a few weeks.
This means I could start a new project! Little Knits had a great sale on Brown Sheep Nature Spun. I was looking for other yarns and started to get tired of looking at exotic blends. I wanted some pure wool. I picked up enough to do this: https://www.trulymyrtle.com/shop/floozycardigan
It calls for fingering weight, but I’ve been unhappy with every fingering weight sweater I’ve made. Sport weight works out well for this.
I have enough of this yarn to make some short sleeved or sleeveless undershirts. That’s another project I want to try. It has sidelined my spinning for a bit, but I think that’s because I really didn’t want to spin that moorit Shetland any more. I am still working on a couple of spindle projects.
I thought I’d show the second half of my system. I’ve posted about using the Notes app on my Iphone as a database of projects and stash. The other part is a physical notebook. I’d planned to use a regular notebook, but then I thought I could use my black Traveler’s Notebook. I like it so far. I keep it in a Swift with my supplies, so I can sample yarns and fiber as they come in. The hard part is remembering to add samples of finished yarns. I use two notebooks. One is a watercolor insert and the other is the blank lightweight paper. I use the watercolor insert for samples. It’s an insert that I happened to have, so I may switch to something else when I fill this.
For fiber stash, I take a small sample and put it in a glassine envelope. I am using these little flash cards for the main part. They are thick and a nice size. I put details on the flash card, with samples of the singles and spun yarn. For knit stash, I put a sample of the yarn on the flash card. I can take pictures of these cards and add them to any notes in the Notes app. It’s nice to have these physical samples.
If I decide that this notebook won’t work, I can easily remove the cards and put them in something else. I’m not going to put all the yarn in my stash in this notebook. I will add yarns that I’ll use in future projects. Same thing with fiber. As I work with this notebook, I’ll get a better idea of what will be useful.
And finally, I finished the Inga hat! Still needs to be blocked. I used some left over yarn for this and knew it would be big. I really love the pattern and will probably do it in finer yarn someday. Link to the free pattern: https://eweniquefiber.blogspot.com/2006/11/free-knitting-pattern-inga-hat.html
Picture of me in goofy hat. The braid part will show when I block it. I really need to have Lon take pictures of me because I just look terrible otherwise.
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