What's done, and what's gone?

I left my knitting at my mom's house.

:(

I had to start something new.


:)

I started working on a couple new pairs of mittens, and I started a new pair of socks.  I also made a test of spinning my camel down and plying with the yak/merino I have.  I knitted a swatch and OOOOOOM'Goodness.  so soft.  I think I know what I will do next!  I have a bit of attention deficit when it comes to spinning thin.  It takes forever to do it and I get bored and set it down.  then when i pick it back up again, I don't have the same rhythym...so i end up with tiny skeins of yarn spun and plied thin.  I think this might become my thing.  I will make small things.  It might be the only way...unless...

I get a spinning wheel?

Wishful thinking, but yes, I think this would help.  I would be able to spin faster, not get bored, and then make really awesome and cool stuff.  Anyone wish to fund my desire to finish what I start?  I'll make you something cool, gorgeous, funky, classic, etc, whatever you want??

Ok.

I tried.

Peasoup

  

I finished spinning and plying my fractal 2 ply of merino. The colour is pea soup and I had a lot of fun making it. Not only did I enjoy it, but the kids are fighting over who gets something made out of it. One of these days I will photo document the plying process I use, for this I had about 4 metres left of a single at the end, so I wrapped the single around my plying device (paintbrush) and met it with the end of the short single and then plied to the end of the wrap. 

It is still drying, but here are the photos of one of my favourites of the summer:  

I will weigh and measure this once it is dry, but it should be around 50g.

Now...what to make...and for who shall I make it?

What's in my bag

It's that time again...time to choose three projects and stick with them until at least one is complete.  I decided to finish a pair of socks that had had second sock syndrome, and also continue working on my Oh natural mittens.  Plus a bit of spinning...
soooooo, here they are:
Tadpoles socks

The second sock will not look like the first.  I am not patient enough to go looking for the next repletion.  They will be what they are, and they will be just fine.

Here is my spinning project, which is a Merino that is from Uberwench, called peasoup.

I am fractal spinning this batch, in other words, I am using math again.  I split the top in half lengthwise, and spun the first single from one of these halves.  The other half will be split into 3 lengths, and spun end for end.  When the two singles are plied, I will have a nice pattern to my yarn.  At least I hope so.

And finally, the result of my spinning to have a 4 shaded natural wool coloured mitten. 

Guess what?  My math was wrong, and I only have 2.25 of the colours in the final mitten.  I am just finishing the cuff now.  I will make the second mitten to match it, and then I will work on my ratios again, so I can have my whole mitten be the 4 colours that I envision in my head.

So, hopefully by the end of today, I will have 2 new projects in my bag!  Maybe.