INDIGO DI

Bag O' Fleece

I had been eying the fleece sale table for most of the morning.  I actually followed the girl who bought a bag of grey fluff out of the barn and asked her about it. Somewhere in the back of my mind I felt ... it was the "one that got away". I  had always searched out the grey fleeces at various Sheep and Wool Fests, just because. But when I circled back  to the Red Barn in the early afternoon and saw they were lowering prices, and this selection had been washed, and it included a dyed bat as part of the deal, I broke. 

It was great to see fiber friends and thanks to Judy for getting me started with my Turkish Spindle!

Connecticut Sheep and Wool

Hi Everyone! Long time no post! I've been doing a fair amount of quilting and I 've been  tinkering with a recently acquired machine, along with getting ahead on some gardening and all else that springtime brings to the for front. More of that in a future post.

These are a couple of items I picked up last week and it's the closest thing, fiber related,  I have to show for today.   That's a cherry Turkish spindle that I'll bring tomorrow, hoping to get some help with becoming more proficient with it. Any one game?   Tomorrow?... well tomorrow is the Connecticut Sheep and Wool, hope to see you there!

Quilting and Celtic

I don't know who likes Celtic Dreams more, me or Scout.

I haven't been sick in years but a bought of bronchitis has kept me in from the cold weather.  I guess breathing into my coat in a theater full of coughing patrons wasn't effective enough. Drat! "House in the Woods" is still in the creative faze and keeping the interest. As long as I don't cough! :)

What A Goof!?

Is knitting with metal needles a smart thing here?   I don't quite know what the editor was thinking ?  Comments anyone?

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The GOOD,  of course includes  my Birthday, which was March 30th. Yipee!

I have been knitting some... the Ribble Socks from Katherine Matthews. Mountain Colors Weavers Wool  (Wild Raspberry) is a favorite yarn of mine. It works up very quickly and the pattern above has just enough interest to keep me looking forward to the next twist.

Also on the needles is this lace top sock , a pattern from Too Much Wool, using Austermann Step.

OK, now the the  BAD and UGLY. I'm lumping  them into one. See for yourself.

P i l l i  n g.  I know the Cascade 220 was soft and to me that means a degree of pilling. But I thought I remember doing a little research on this yarn and read to the contrary. Pisser. This was the result after only ONE day!  Never again. I've learned the hard way.