Carried away
Like I said earlier, I started spinning the purple merino-silk. The color is just fantastic, very rich but with enough lighter color to give it depth. I have this problem, though. I'm not very good yet at judging how thick my finished yarn is going to be, and I am a little bit of a perfectionist who loves having mad technical skillz and doing really serious stuff (e.g. my new lace project, and my fondness for programming). The result?
Lace.
I spun laceweight! This is very exciting! But this is also a problem. Because, you see, after much waffling I thought I'd decided to make the Diamond Fantasy Shawl. Which is knit in fingering-weight yarn. So now I have more decisions to make. The options:
- Work on my spinning and try to get singles that will yield fingering-weight yarn.
- Try knitting DFS in laceweight. (I'm not sure that will work very well; it looks like it needs a bit more structure.)
- Give it up and knit Icarus instead. Or something else, even. I like geometric triangular shawls, and any suggestions would be welcomed.
Opinions, anyone? Adding to the problem is the fact that I have to return the wheel to the store on Saturday, but we all know what the solution to that is.
posted by Alex at 10:59 PM
3 Comments:
Keep spinning, ply it, and see what happens. What kind of wheel is that?
Have fun! I'm planning to order my own wheel in a week or so, those loaner wheels are like the first hit of something really addictive...
I'd suggest keeping spinning and ply it as well. You'll quite likely end up at a fingering. Also, the DFS is pretty forgiving and pretty easy to size so if it ends up a bit too light just adjust the needle size to have the structure you want and go from there! That is looking great!
"I am a little bit of a perfectionist who loves having mad technical skillz and doing really serious stuff . . ."
Noooo! Really?
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