Surprise!
The big surprise was that I had a spinning lesson from the very generous Snow on Sunday! This is my very first handspun using a wheel. Very “rustic” as DH so politically put it when I came home and showed him. But, considering it was the very first time I had ever sat at a wheel, I’m pretty happy with it. I now know the feeling of when I’m drafting and controlling the twist properly. I can’t do it consistently yet, but I know that is just a matter of practice. Now that I know the proper feeling it should only get better from here, right? 
The next step is to pick a wheel and get it ordered!
The minor surprise was that I knit an entire sock on Friday and Saturday night…
However, I ended up not being happy with the gauge at 5.5 sts/inch so I’ll be frogging it. Last night at SnB I tried my hand at some adjustments to the overall pattern and I now have a three inch cuff…
These are using Cascade Fixation. The first uses US4’s and the second uses US 2.5. My gauge on the 2.5’s is about 8 st/inch and I think I will like the hand of the foot much better at this gauge. I’m calling the pattern “Heatwave” because I started them in the middle of a very early and hot heat wave here in Colorado and since they are cotton with shorter cuffs and have a wave-like pattern I think it is quite apppropriate.
Well, today is crunch day for the week and since DH stayed home from work yesterday to prepare more for his parents’ arrival for their week long visit I really need to get to work…
That is one happy sock. And, oh no! You
caught the spinner bug!
Comment by margene — 5/24/2005 @ 9:49 am
I love your blog! Where can I get a get a pattern for the side kick purse?
Comment by Jill — 5/24/2005 @ 10:08 am
That yarn looks very nice in natural light. You picked spinning up more quickly than I did. I was pretty clumsy with it and couldn’t make it all go together, at first. You took right to it. Have you decided what kind of wheel you’re getting yet?
Comment by Snow — 5/24/2005 @ 1:13 pm
oooh! you have been ASSIMILATED. (Resistance to fiber is futile, anyway.)
Looks great, chickadee. Welcome to the
addictionnew artform!p.s. Are you busy this weekend? I’m thinking that I’m going to try to get to Ft. Collins while in CO this weekend.
Comment by eliza b — 5/25/2005 @ 7:36 am
Good for you. Have you picked a wheel yet? Did I tell you I got my Schacht locally for a song - $400… Good deals are out there! Margene’s coming to town and maybe we can all get together while EPWM is on.
Comment by Cathy — 5/26/2005 @ 8:38 am
Oh yeah, I made a cool afghan of my buddy’s first spun. It came out really pretty - so keep that yarn. Some people actually throw their first yarn away. Ouch.
Comment by Cathy — 5/26/2005 @ 8:38 am