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Done and Done

It has been busy around here what with knitting and spinning and stash busting.  Let me show you what I am talking about.

Remember Close to You by Justyna Lorkowska?  I said I would show it to you after it dried. Ta-da!

Here it is outside wrapped around a chair with the Jul button pin closing it.  The colour is right on this pic.


And a close up of that simple lace edging; the colour is washed out due to the bright sun! 

As I mentioned before I don't mind having finished with this yarn.  It was so easy to split because the strands of yarn had not been plied.  It was made up of three threads just hanging out together and while knitting one of the three generally ended up longer than the other two making it loopy.  Or was it making me loopy?   Either way it is done now and I do like the size and look despite the troublesome yarn.  The Jul leather button pin works nicely colourwise and otherwise to close it too.

Then there was Tall, Dark and Handsome by Tin Can Knits.  It was knit using some of my own hand spun yarn combined with a commercial Berroco Mermoir, wool and mohair blend.  As I noted last time it was written about, the Memoir is very thick and thin, much more so than my spun yarn.  However, it did a great job of hiding any spinning flaws I created.  Here's the finished toque:

As one might expect the details get lost in all that fluff caused by the mohair

Another look at my feminine Tall, Dark and Handsome

I think Miss M will like this toque, but one never knows for sure until she weighs in.  It was a pleasure to spin and knit so I have gotten as much enjoyment out of the process as can be expected.  It's fate is now in the hands of a near four-year old.

Two projects done and done.  A new one is on the needles, another Tin Can Knits design.  And there will be more hand spun to show off as soon as I learn chain plying and it won't be long because class is on Wednesday evening.

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