I have been spinning some lovely Ashford Merino-Silk roving this weekend. This is completely down to a conversation I had with Eimear on Friday about how great spinning is. I came home from tea (tea-knitting: every other Friday in the Tea Garden on Ormond Quay from 6.30 until about 11) and just had to start…
…it tolls for knitting (well, in my house it does). It’s been a busy month for me; I have three concerts down and two more to go. There’s been a fair amount of travelling, rehearsals, page turning, taking the tempo into my own hands, reassurance of singers and thanking of audiences. Thankfully, life is not…
I’ve been feeling pretty pooped lately, what with all my coming and going, so I took yesterday off to potter about. All the talk about Le Tour de Fleece enticed me to get my wheel out and before I knew it, I had this! It is New Zealand alpaca (white) plied with Irish sheep (brown)….
I have been giving myself something like a midterm this week. I’ve had a few days or part-days off and instead of going nuts with everything else… I’ve been taking it easy. I’ve been using the time to catch up on sleep, laundry and spinning. Heidi sent me some beautiful alpaca roving from her honeymoon…
I had some ideas but before any could progress, swatches had to be made. I am starting to veer into more adventurous territory so my swatches have become quite large and consequently, quite time consuming to knit. The top one is for what will hopefully be a quick, snuggly knit – Juliaca from the first…