Wednesday WIPs

 

During the TdF I try to spend most of my time working with my handspun yarn. Since this is the Summer of Socks I cast on a pair with some ancient handspun. On the right is the swatch I made after I washed and dyed....

....a bag of fleece from this lady. Her name is Cari and she's a Corriedale. I was always tickled when the shepherds would include a photo and a bio of the sheep in the bag of fleece. I've got quite a collection of pretty ladies and gentlemen out in the fleece shed.

I'm still working on the Pi Shawl. I'm only two rows away from where I need to end it according to EZ. I want to do a lace border so I'm going to have to do some serious mathing when I get back from babysitting. EZ has one in her book but I can't figure it out. I need a chart.

I've also pulled out this old project. The Garter Squish needs to come to an end and it might as well be this year. I think one more color band should do it. It didn't eat up nearly as much handspun as I had hoped even though I doubled the yarn.

And....I've made a decision regarding the Barbie Dreamhouse squares. I just started the new ball that I finished spinning a few weeks ago so I'm going to keep making granny squares until I run out. The pattern I had thought to make only needed 13 and I'm going to end up with more than that so if I want to make a bag out of them, I'm going to have to figure it out when I see how many squares I end up with. Bigger might be better.