It’s Alive!

November 19th, 2007

Last night, distracting myself from Christmas knitting with handspun, I plied up a little sample of some lace weight merino. I’ve already finished two spindle-fulls, and was trying to decide if I wanted to finish it all 2-plied or not. I do, of course. For some reason I just can’t not ply my yarns. I had little enough that I thought it would be fun to knit a little lace swatch to see how it worked up. I’ve never done feather and fan, so here goes…

Isn’t it just cute? I wish you could squish it in your hands and feel how incredibly soft it is. I am continuously amazed at how wonderful it is to work with ones own handspun, but I’m sure it is a similar feeling to work with anothers. This yarn has so much spring, and stretch to it I almost think it’s alive. I used a size US 3 needle with this slightly thicker than lace weight, and I think I could have gone to a 4 or 5 and it would have worked as beautifully (with more drape). I can’t wait to decide what color to dye this yarn, figure out the perfect shawl pattern, and actually finish spinning it!

Oh yeah, lesson learned: Looser cast-on for the feather and fan, and tighter bind-off next time.

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