On Sunday, a lady I met when picking up my Aegean spindle (now winging its way to a new home in Italy) bought Louie, my first spinning wheel. I learned to spin on this Louet S17, and I hope he serves his new mistress well. I feel better with the current stock of spinning supplies now, and so does my bank account!
The wind we experienced during our walk on Sabbath was blowing in a different weather pattern than the unseasonably clear, dry weather we've been enjoying. It started raining Sunday, then took a break overnight. St. Valentine's Day dawned foggy, so I snapped these photos for my friend
Kathy, who loves fog but doesn't get much of it in Arizona.
Then the fog lifted and the rain started falling again.
This afternoon a friend who quilts met me at a local store to help me pick out fabric for this:
Since fabric arts aren't my forté the pattern has sat neglected since it was given to me two years ago, but its time has come. I've always wanted to make this for my own wall (and will), but am thinking it might make a good prize in my upcoming lambing contest, too. What do you think? I could get started right away, since I have nothing on the needles after finishing this last night:
Knitting the bottom ribbing on smaller needles as instructed resulted in a band too small to meet comfortably in the front, so there was no point in adding the zipper. I wore it out and about today as is, and it was cozy enough over a long-sleeved t-shirt that I didn't need another layer. I would definitely make this again, knitting it all in one piece as I did to eliminate side seams and using the bigger needles for everything but the armhole trim. I have more of this yarn, which perfectly suits the pattern, in other colorways.
That's it for now from . . .
Look at that beautiful "bald" noggin! That's my yearling ram Boulderneigh Blake.
No one would call poll-carrier Annabelle "bald," with all that wool on her head!
