Well, here I go again, under the knife yet AGAIN. My arm healed so well after the surgery in January that I was swiftly put back onto the admissions list, and I got the magic call a few days ago saying it’s all happening! This friday I will be getting the same carpal tunnel release on the left arm, so there will be no crafting for at least a couple of weeks.. boo!
So of course, I had to finish up what was on the wheel, at least.. right?
This was my first attempt at ‘fractal spinning’ – basically you split the fibre down the middle, spin each half onto a bobbin, and then ply the two together. The idea is you get similar colours, with small amounts of ‘gradient’ overlap. What I managed to do, somehow, is to end up with leftovers. *golf clap*
But overall, very happy. It’s smooshy soft Ixchel Angorino – merino/angora blend. It’s about a sport weight, but I will check when it’s been washed, whacked, and I have bought a WPI tool..
In other news.. remember these gorgeous socks?
I bought a set of sock blockers, soaked the everloving crap out of the socks, and SWORE they would fit.
They didnt.
I cried.
I spent most of my saturday painstakingly picking apart the cast on row, and re-binding off in a looser fashion, to see if that would save them.
It didnt.
Then I got angry.
And then I frogged them. No way am I sacrificing my first ever Wollmeise to something I cant wear!
Blurry pic, apologies. I also started this. It’s a Hemlock Ring Blanket, a vintage 1942 doily pattern that has been adapted to a chunkier wool. This is BWM 12 ply. It will be an ongoing project, and is a baby blanket for my friend’s first baby due this year 
I am trying to earn my honorary aunty rights!
I was going to try to keep up with my Personal Sock Club, but this month’s instalment will have to wait till I am knitting again.. Rainbow EGMTK
So, that’s all my crafting for a couple of weeks, at least Back soon!
