I've been working on spinning up the yarn I need to finish a vest I started last year- the cold weather had me wishing it was done, so I tried to discipline myself into spinning more and more of the seemingly endless and boring rose grey yarn.
My reward was to spin and knit with some really pretty and bright baby alpaca that I dyed last week. I worked on it while at our annual Lexington Spinner's Retreat, rewarding myself with something super-soft and interesting which I spun fairly bulky. I then knit it into an equally mindless-to-make scarflet- the Ribbed Mini-Scarf, (found on
Ravelry,) and the pattern can be downloaded
here for free (I didn't actually do the ribs, but rather did a simple K1P1). Yes, I made it for myself- I've heard that January is Selfish Knitting Month!
Well, I wasn't entirely selfish- I'd been needing to knit a few projects for new babies. The blanket I started for my niece's baby last fall just didn't get finished- it was another case of taking on a too-big project with fine yarn. I knit these
Seed Stitch Shoes (pattern found in Debbie Bliss'
Baby Knits for Beginners) from hand-dyed and hand-spun baby alpaca. I love the colors for a baby boy, but they did come out pretty large- oh well, maybe he'll wear them when he's two! I plan to spin more of the roving into a much finer yarn for my friend's newborn baby boy.
It's amazing how much cold, yucky weather gets me back into the spinning and knitting mood!
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