Tweedy
Fiber: Rainforest Colonial, 4 oz
Gifted from: Former knitblogger Leila Crayonbrain
Yardage: 228.5 yards (1 large and 1 small skein)
Weight: Worsted
Look, I made tweed! It's the multi-colored fiber Leila gave me waayyy back in March. I had spun about 130 yards on my spindle, and I finished the rest up on the wheel. I'm still finessing the thickness and the plying, which is why the yarn is quite inconsistent. I couldn't resist spinning this, it was a break from the white Coopworth. I tried separating the colors to make more of a variegated yarn, but they were too intertwined, and the lengths I managed to separate without breaking were thin. Leila said as much, so this ended up as tweed. I made tweed by accident!
Enjoy some linkage:
◊ My new favorite site, Inhabitat posted an article on soy protein fiber. Southwest Trading Company's yarn is referred to. Isn't Inhabitat a beautiful site, in general?
◊ Hip and Zen's recycled products.
◊ Walnut columns with turnings shaped like your profile! Huh?
◊ Scroll to the bottom of this entry and you'll find interesting knitted things from Icelanders Ragnheiður Ösp Sigurðardóttir and Sesselja Guðmundsdottir
◊ Knitwear designer Jo Sharp has a beautiful site.
Not sure if your "Huh?" after the walnut carvings link was to indicate 'who would want to do that?' or 'what are they talking about?'
In case it was the what are they talking about... if you look at the turned goblet on the linked page, but pay attention to the negative space instead of the goblet itself, it is a profile (actually, two mirrored profiles). Hope that helps.
That is a pretty, tweedy color! We could all use pleasant surprises every once in a while! :-)
Looks beautiful (19wpi, way to go!!!) and will be so much fun for you to knit, I'll betcha.
That yarn is excellent. When I first saw the picture and the credits underneath, I just assumed this was a specialty yarn from some cool store. It looks terrific. Have fun with it.
Beautiful tweedy yarn.
Hi MJ, and thanks for leaving such a nice comment in my blog! I'm a regular reader of yours, only a bit shy in commenting. Your FBS looks absolutely amazing! :-)