roving

This has been a big week for 'Tempted'.  There is no order for these but I do have to admit that I am really excited to be in the "Loopy Limelight" and my yarn is in an ad for Loops in the Tulsa World's Sunday paper.  Pretty cool huh? 

Not only that but I got to spend 6 hours in classes with Sally Melville.  I am very impressed with her and her methods of teaching and designing patterns.  She taught us how to make wonderful buttonholes in several different ways, perfect neckbands, and then how to modify and design patterns to fit exactly right.  She has a new book coming out with her daughter, which I am really looking forward to, but it won't be out till next March.  I think I will have to add that one to my preorders from Amazon, along with Wendy Johnson's new sock book.  Looks like 2009 might be a really good year for knitting!

This is some of the roving's that just went up on The Loopy Ewe.  I have really enjoyed working with this fiber it is so soft and as I told a friend today, I don't think you could make an ugly or wrong yarn with this it is so so good.  I have also done these two colors in the 'Good Grrl' yarn.  Elabeth at Stringtown Yarns has/had 2 skeins of each last week and I will be posting 2 skeins of each tomorrow on Etsy (I hope).  They are both posted in the Gallery if you want to check them out.

I just want to also say Thanks to all you Rhinebecker's (not sure if that is really a word) who called me this last weekend, it was so cool to get to be a part of all the fun.  Thanks guys!!

Remember this mess?  Well Let me remind you... I was not very happy about it.  I was innocently working on braiding rovings that will be sent on an order.  I turned to braid another roving and when I had finished I found this roving on the floor and two puppies with little pieces of fluff in their mouths.  Seriously I was a very very angry woman, luckily for them Kaye and Del were here to protect them from the crazy woman who would chase them down. Even though I did try to salvage the roving it was just not ever going to look like it hadn't been chewed on.  So I took the hit and had to spin it up for myself.  I can not describe how wonderful the feel of this roving is, but I will try.  It is 80% Superwash Merino and 20% Cashmere, and feels like spinning a cloud, soft, fluffy  and drafts like a dream.  I really enjoyed spinning this and my only regret is not planning the yarn better.  I wish I had put the colors together and spun it to a lace wt. yarn, would have made a beautiful shawl. I just split it down the middle and started from the opposite end for each ply. 

They look real innocent don't they??