Blue (Da Ba Dee)

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Here’s a pic of my current knitting and spinning projects.

Can you guess what my favorite color is?

For the Ice Ice Baby sock, I am nearing the finish line.

I am on the leg of the second sock, so hopefully I will finish it up in the next week.

Kokomo is making slower progress.

But it is progress, nonetheless.

And finally, my first new sock of 2010. (Yes, I have held out this long!)

The yarn is Naiad from Dragonfly Fibers in the Winter Twilight colorway. The yarn is superwash merino/bamboo/nylon. I really like it. Nice and smooth, and a bit heathery in color.

I am waiting until I finish the toe before deciding on a stitch pattern for the sock, that way I will have a better idea of where the colors will fall. I do know that it is going to be “just” a knit/purl pattern, something that will keep my interest without requiring lots and lots of attention.

Finally!

I finished spinning the pound of Romney and mohair roving that I got at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival a couple of years ago. I did about twelve ounces of the singles while I was off for President’s Day, and did all of the plying from center-pull balls this weekend. I am pretty happy with how it came out. While I normally don’t wash the handspun I use for weaving, this has a fair amount of oil still in it, so I may just wash it all before I use it to weave with, to save any of it from getting on the loom. When the weaving will take place, who knows?

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