Lisa Kay Knits... and Quilts!

I finished spinning the first pound of fiber, the red batch . It is two ply, and I ended up with just short of 1200 yards. I really enjoyed spinning from the rolags. I haven't done much spinning woolen, before, not even "from the fold," so it has been an interesting project. Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

Southern Cross Fibre 's forum group on Ravelry is having an " SCF and Friends " sweater spin along, knit along. While I have a couple of different "sweater lots" of SCF fiber, I decided to mix a set of batts from a group of SCF fiber, inspired by David's Rhinebeck Sweater . I separated each of the rovings into "single color" piles and drum carded them to mix them evenly. Of the nine bags above, I used all of them 100% except Uluru. In that case (the brown/orange bags second from the left), I separated out the most-orange four ounces and set it aside for some later project. In total, I'm working with two pounds of fiber. Eight ounces of BFL in the colorway, "Florid." Eight ounces of BFL in the colorway, "Wave Rock." Four ounces of BFL in the colorway, "Bushranger." Four ounces of Falkland in the colorway, "Katoomba." Four ounces of Falkland in the colorway, "Dirt." Four ounc...

I'm on a kick of handknit socks. My latest pair is using a Merino/Bamboo/Nylon blend (aka "Panda") in the colorway "New Moon" from Becoming Art . Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

We're enjoying some family time together before heading back to work, tomorrow. I've had two and half weeks off, so I'm really spoiled by leisure, at the moment. Mitchell started Diagon Alley , this morning. Note my knitting in the foreground of the Lego-making table. I finally started Elina , from Rowan Nordic Tweed. The stripes are fun, though the yarn management of five balls is a little bit of a hassle... I like the Rowan Colourspun yarn. It is a fun, fuzzy tweed and wonderfully soft. Happy New Year, Lisa Kay