The summer is essentially over with the arrival of Labor Day weekend. The equinox isn't for a few more weeks, but most everyone considers summer over with the start of football season and Labor Day weekend. Kristin came home for the weekend. I drove over after work on Thursday to pick her up. She spent about 15 minutes in the house and then left to see her boyfriend. Today we will be celebrating her birthday. Her actually birthday is later in the week while she is at school. I'm going to make her a cake for dessert tonight, but then also bake cupcakes to take back to school to share with her friends.
I finally settled on a pattern for Kristin's college blanket. She loves the color green. I had a stash of Cascade 220 in greens and browns left from a buying binge last year. I thought I'd use those colors for her blanket. After many stops and starts I settled on a simple stockinette square. Using 11 different colors, it will be striped with a Fibonacci sequence. She chose an orange and a blue to contrast with the greens and browns I had picked. I showed her how far I've gotten. I hope she likes it. She had a puzzled look on her face, but I think it was due to my explanation of Fibonacci sequence. At least, that is what I hoped it was about. I'm at the point where I need to move up to circular needles.
Since I finished the mystery shawl, I've adopted the Pi Shawl as my 'take-along' project. This project goes with me to work every day. When I have time over my lunch hour, I'll knit a round or so. I've wound another ball of the yarn. This particular ball is going a lot farther than I thought it would. There is still a substantial amount of yarn left in this first ball. I'm curious to see if this project takes the yardage that the pattern states.
Two weekends ago, a couple friends and I went out to the Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair. It was a nice gathering with a lot of yarn and fiber that I hadn't seen before. My only disappointment was not getting to see many spinning wheels. Every other booth had roving or fleece, but there was only one spinning wheel dealer. I'm not quite ready to purchase a wheel but I would like to get more familiar with the various brands. I did, however, find something for which I have been searching. No vendor at Stitches South had a Turkish spindle, but I found one at this fair. Ironically, the vendor who had it was the lady from whom I took a spinning lesson back in February. I guess like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, I should have looked first in my own backyard. I love this little thing. It is so pretty. It is 26 grams and made of Blood wood. I forget what wood the center dowel is. I'm spinning some alpaca I bought a few months ago. This was probably a bad choice since this alpaca is very smooth. I'm have a bit of trouble with it breaking when I get too thin. It is a learning experience. I just wish I could spin faster because I'm loving how the fiber looks on the spindle.
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