I just spent the weekend playing with a whole hall-full of fibre! Wingham Wool Work visited Berkshire yesterday and today to run a taster session and I went along with friend Jan. For a small entry fee, visitors have the chance to bring their wheels and sample all of Wingham’s great fibres: try-before-you-buy. I’ve only just got home so I will offer photos and details of all the things I spun samples of over the next day or so.
So many ideas, so many things I could spin, tutorials to write, dyeing to do… I tried setting a budget but failed miserably of course. More later :-D
In the meantime, here’s a pic of a very fun project. (Underlining reminds me that I’m really enjoying it. Really.) One is done, the next isn’t quite cast on yet but I promise it will be. I have never suffered second sock syndrome yet, and don’t intend to start now. Anyway - I am truly enjoying this knit (most of the time).
ETA for Lucy: The pattern is the Bayerische Socks from Eunny Jang’s website.
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March 10th, 2008 at 4:29 am
that is absolutely beautiful! Is there a pattern I can hand to my knitting husband so he can have _lots_ of fun and make them for me?
March 10th, 2008 at 9:13 am
So beautiful. *swoons* Now cast on the second one RIGHT NOW so that you don’t get put off! :-)
March 10th, 2008 at 9:14 am
It looks great! :) Waiting impatiently to see what you played with fibre-wise!!
March 10th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Those are gorgeous, very knit-intensive! Good Job and thank you for sharing them with us!
March 10th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Sock is out of this world. But as well as seeing the second one I am longing to hear in detail about the fibre at the Woolfest. Life can be really good sometimes.
March 11th, 2008 at 1:40 am
Gorgeous sock!
March 12th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Beautiful Bayerische. Love all of your spinny stuff too. I’m too afraid to learn to spin - I don’t have room for a yarn stash AND a fibre stash.