Malabrigo Nube prepped for spinning. Pretty, huh?
And then, there were two...
The last few weeks have been C. R. A. Z. Y.! Between posting new classes at the shop and knitting like the wind on a couple deadline projects, things seem to have settled a bit. Yes, I am knocking on wood right now. I recently shared that I had counted my projects and I had an embarrassing 14 that were in tow on a daily basis and I got this down to a very respectable - in my opinion - 7 projects. Well, I'm happy to report that now I'm down to 2. I think this means that I get to cast on at least 2 more today. Or maybe 3? What do you think?
One FO is for a dear friend that's getting married. Here's a wee peek of her shawl:
I bound off the last stitch yesterday morning, gave it a good bath, and - with the assistance of blocking wires - blocked it like mad. End result... it's lovely! Simply lovely. The bride-to-be has only seen this small smidgen that I lightly blocked for her approval, so I'll share all the details once it's been revealed to the recipient for her wedding. It's just so pretty that I had to share.
Another friend of mine had a milestone birthday last week. She's a knitter and I was too short on time to knit her something worthy of her special day. So instead, I decided to spin this for her and it's pretty special:
It's ~118 yards of hand dyed (although, I didn't dye it) Blue Faced Leicester that varies from DK-Aran. I even decided to design a special label for this skein of handspun listing all of the details on the back. The label makes me smile and, I admit, I'm anxious to tag and note the details on the rest of my handspun - maybe I'll actually knit with it at some point if it's tagged and in my stash. Now that I have a label designed, you can never be sure of what will happen next...
Cheers!