Fiber and Yarn and Projects

/ LDSVenus

Well, I might have accidentally bought another 8 oz of spinning fiber, my picture didn’t really capture the sparkles. Let’s face it I have AD-OS (attention deficit – Oh Shiny!). I now have the same fiber, that I bought in yellow, now in cranberry. Thought it might make a nice batt with yellow, gradually blending the yellow and cranberry together toward the middle for an orange gradually blending back out to the, cranberry for a fade, well it works in my head anyway. Just a thought. As usual I got this from Camaj Fiber Arts.

I saw that KnitPicks is having their annual yarn sale (until 11/27 at 11:59pm so hurry!!!) and I got the Chroma worsted weight, 70% super wash wool, 30% nylon, on sale 60% off for $4 a skein so I bought 3. Then I decided I wanted to try to make this Brioche cowl, Purple Mountain Majesties from KnitPicks, I think it was a free pattern. I have never tried brioche before and it’s small (lets see if I’m biting off more than I can chew) so I bought 2 skeins in the colors of the cowl in the Chroma fingering weight, not 60% off, but it was 50% off so it was $6 per skein, still not bad. I got them all in and they are gorgeous, not merino soft but soft enough. But they are single ply, ugh, no where on the skein did it say it was single ply. Not my favorite to knit with, but I have them and they are pretty, I will see what I can do with the 3 that are not in a project yet, hats maybe, is 198 yards is enough for a non cabled hat? I’ll do some digging.

Haven’t gotten notice yet on the yarn being shipped for my special project, hope it comes in soon, I think it’s been the 2 weeks they said it took them to get it in. I need to go buy more color ink for my printer with my next paycheck so I can print out the color work Christmas stocking that Arnie and Carlos are doing as a free knit along. I’ve never really liked knitting color work and here I am jumping head long into deep water with a huge color work sock with an after thought heel (never done before, I can barely do the regular heel), and it’s charted (maybe I can read colors better than I can read symbols) oh my, life is so interesting! But if you are following along with Arne and Carlos on YouTube, it is really pretty.

Was warm today in the low 50’s, but tomorrow is 39F and it gets colder and colder from there. The next Monday will be around 22F, and after tonight most nights, will be in the 20’s (F) to lower teens. Winter is on its way!

8 thoughts on “Fiber and Yarn and Projects”

  1. I understand temperature swings but this fall has been crazy. 70s two weeks ago and now it won’t get above freezing on Friday!!! September and January temperatures in November!! Your fiber sounds beautiful. Good luck on brioche. I still haven’t tackled the brioche sweater that’s been in my queue for years.

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  2. Accidentally? You mean that beautiful hunk of sparkly cranberry fiber convinced you it was a necessity for your Thanksgiving celebration? Then you could NOT leave it behind!

    I’m looking forward to your knitting stories!!! I can’t wait to hear what you think of Brioche. Maybe if you (lie) say it’s easy, it will give the rest of courage to try it!!

    I wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!

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    • Yeah accidentally = goofed up and ordered more fiber!!! It looks more orange in the picture but it’s a deep cranberry color. I watch Knitting Expat and she did some brioche a few years ago. I’ll go back and watch her video on brioche.

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  3. I love brioche!! (Tried / learned it once, now forgotten again.) The resulting texture is just amazing, and I’m looking forward to seeing what you think. Your idea for a fade yarn sounds wonderful, do let us know how it goes! 🙂 As for our fiber stash, I don’t think we’ll ever buy enough, whether accidentally or on purpose. I’ve been knitting so less these days, but I still want to buy yarn, lol… Have fun with the knit-along!!

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    • The knit along I will have to do later because I don’t have the yarn, I will have to order more than I ordered for my special project, which I am still waiting for, but their knit along is posted on YouTube so I will still be able to follow it :). They said it would take 2 weeks for them to get the yarn I ordered in, then a week or less to send it to me, I wonder if they are having to order it from Denmark where Arne and Carlos live? My fiber stash is way more than I will probably ever have time to spin lol, but it’s comforting isn’t it :).

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