New Look

So I've had this hank of Schaefer Anne for a while. I've tried knitting with it in about five different projects, but ended up frogging each one of them.

Why?

Because I hated the colors. While it was beautiful in its original hank, once knitted, the colors were just not my taste anymore. I didn't like the way they gathered together. And it didn't matter what project I threw at it.

About a month ago I reskeined it on my swift in a lo-o-ong hank so that I could over-dye it in longer color progressions. It's been sitting around waiting patiently for the dyepot.

And when did I choose to do this? At 10-o-freakin clock last night. Because apparently I'm that much of a freak that I'd take on a three hour dye job that late.

I blame it on the fact that hubby's out of town and I get restless at night when he's not here. Yea, that's it.

Anyway... What once looked like this:










Now looks like this:













Or, rather, like this:











Reskeining makes all the difference!

As for my other projects: Spinning is going well. I ordered some beautiful superwash fiber in shades of purples and I'm spinning that up into what I hope will be sock weight. The single is for sure, but I'd like to ply two together for a delicious blend of the gorgeous colors. I think it will create a stunning tonal range. We'll see.

I'd like to order another Spindolyn, soon, too. She has an option where you can order just the spindle without the base, but I figure if I'm going to do that, why not just pay the extra and get another whole Spindolyn.

The project I'm knitting for work is going well. It's something I would never make for myself, but Steven and I put together a blend of different yarns in the same color family that really work nicely together. Look for pics sometime soon.

Other than that, I have a couple of other things on the needles, but nothing is really thrilling me right now. I think a huge part of that is that the sweater calling has finally reached me. All I can think about is knitting myself a sweater. So now I'm on a search for a great pattern. If you have any suggestions, shoot them my way please!