Ah, Rowan....
I worked SO hard to simply keep this crack out of my hands/house/life, blissfully ignoring it's seductive siren call by filling my ears with the sounds of sock yarn, but it was not to be. Apparently, Rowan knows the power of the Kid Silk Haze, and so, with this year's subscription, the Siren comes home with me. Let's just pray that it goes better for me than it did for all those lonely sailors.
And for Kellie, all the way in Melbourne, who wanted to know what was in Leon's perch:
Yes indeed, the boy loves his luxury. This would be the Artyarns drawer. Did I mention that these cats are 'smarter than your av-e-rage bear'?
Also, in going through the camera, I'm realizing that somehow there'are a few more things on it that never actually made it into the blog. I'm just going to throw it all in here now and consider myself caught up.
This is Roy the Romney lamb.
Some of you may remember Roy as the stanky little lamb fleece from NHS&W that got sent off to Wooly Knob fiber mill for some 'spa' time. All I can say about that decision is HUZZAH! They did a marvelous job with this fleece, really spectacular, and the service was stellar. Love these guys. And I love this little lamb's roving. So.Soft! This was not the best light, but it's a very dark, very slightly heathered, natural black fleece with a very nice luster. 99% of the vegetable matter (and there was plenty) is gone, and though it appears that Roy had a little bit of dandruff that has lasted into the roving, it is all falling out either as it's spun or as the skeins get washed. So I basically don't care about it. My original intention was to spin this up for Rogue, but it's so soft (and did I mention black?) that I'm not sure it will ever be able to show off the cables like I would want, so I think it will need to be something else.
In an effort to reduce the already too long nature of this post, here are the photos of the most recent updates to the 'Completed Obsessions' album, where you can find all of the pertinent details for each item.
Reversible Cable Scarf in Berrocco Pleasure
MIL Christmas Socks in Cascade 220 Superwash
Snake Scarf in Morehouse Farms Merino
Side to side scarf in Lion Thick-n-Quick
Those are some great finished projects! I really love your snake scarf. And of course the kittes are smarter than the average bear - they are Siamese, after all.
Posted by: Carole | January 27, 2006 at 08:59 AM
Look how productive you are! That braided scarf is so fabulous. I love love love it. I do. And I can't WAIT for you to make ROGUE!!
Posted by: melanie | January 27, 2006 at 11:00 AM
ooh looks like you got some mexicali artyarns in there!
cha cha cha.
Posted by: maryse | January 27, 2006 at 11:22 AM
Everything looks great. Love the Artyarns bin... now where is the Socks That Rock bin???
Posted by: Kate | January 27, 2006 at 11:26 AM
OH I love those scarves, especially the snake and the reverse cable.
May I ask, how much does it cost to have a fleece processed? Approximately?
Posted by: Rebekah | January 27, 2006 at 12:00 PM
I'm planning a cardigan (Arisaig from Knitty) from Kid Silk Haze for the spring, 'cause I've been jonesing to knit with it for about a year now. Provided I can work out the gauge, which might not be doable.
Posted by: Martha | January 27, 2006 at 12:08 PM
When I saw the picture of the Artyarns drawer my response was to blink. Very, very slowly...
I'm sure you said lots of very interesting things after that drawer picture, but I couldn't tell you what those things were.
Bbbblllinnnkkk...
bbblliinnkkkk...
Posted by: elisa | January 27, 2006 at 12:14 PM
Wow! Very nice stash. Last May I sent 2 fleeces...right off the lamb / sheep or ewe, to Wooly Knob. I mean...these were DIRTY and not skirted fleeces. When I got them back they were wonderful! I couldn't believe they were the same ones I sent out. Matt and Jamie do a great job, and they will get the next ones too. :)
Posted by: maggie | January 27, 2006 at 01:17 PM
I love the reversible cable scarf! I'm going to order a copy of the pattern, too.
Posted by: Laina | January 27, 2006 at 02:16 PM
Oh wow! Thanks for the artyarns picture - I would have settled for another picture of the cat, but this is a bonus! I have a package of supermerino waiting for me when I get home tonight, and that picture makes me even more eager to get home to it!
I'm with Elisa - I couldn't tell you what was in the rest of that post!
Posted by: Kellie N | January 29, 2006 at 07:46 PM
I know, I must be a dolt, but I can't figure out how or where to get the pattern for that absolutely gorgeous reversible cable scarf. Can you enlighten me? I would be so grateful.
Posted by: Katie Silver | December 06, 2007 at 12:35 AM