Handspun Spirals
A woman in Chicago in February cannot live by grey yarn alone, no matter how entrancing the cable work might be. Since I've finished all but one of my scarf projects, and Sigil is my only major project in progress, I decided tht I could give myself permission to dive into something new. Something with color, but not something too mind consuming.
If you checked out Julie's blog today you saw her review of The Knitted Rug by Donna Druchanas. For my birthday, my husband conspired with Rob and Matt at ThreadBear Fiber Arts to set me up with a personalized rug kit that would allow me to make my own Handspun Spiral. (To be fair, mine is not made out of handspun). Matt picked out some lovely colors for me - 3 shades of Cascade 220 (a deep gold, a purply fuschia and a denimy blue) and two skeins of Mountain Colors 4/8's wool, Glacier Teal and Yellowstone. The gold strip that rests on top of the basket is the beginning of the inner spiral.
And I haven't forgotten about my February Fix-Up efforts. Those balls of yarn sitting next to the basket represent all that is left of the Goddess Yarn's Capelet. It needs to be hanked and bathed to let it relax, but at least it's on its way.
Sigil also made it into my hands tonight. I think the assembly process is going to go somewhat slowly. Seems like any time I have to deal with inset sleeves it slows me down a little bit.
Those are lovely colors. That will be one yummy rug. I'm still entranced by your capelet yarn, so pretty. Have you decided what to do with it yet?
Hi Theresa - I just wanted to thank you for recommending Threadbear to me (a long time ago). I just bought my first yarn for me, and they had such good customer service - even over the phone. AND - unlike when you order from some places - I had almost immediate satisfaction because the yarn came in