Spun Stitches

Thanks so much to Teresa & Kirsten for hosting this lovely spin/kal and allowing me to join in the fun. This is my first post, I've been watching you all for a good part of the summer, while off & on spinning for a shawl, and am finally jumping in.










I am working with two handpainted fibers - 4oz. of Merino/Tencel from Bonkers! in colorway Deep Ocean; and 4 oz. of Tussah Silk from The Flock Bronsanas in colorway Allison. The Allison Fiber is darker in general and is vibrant jewel toned blue and green green in it; the Bonkers leans more to the lighter side. I plan to ply them together for a heavy laceweight/light fingering weight yarn. This is a fairly long term project for me - I am a slow spinner, and have a lot of knitting going on as well, so my time is pretty divided. I started the spinning on this in July - Watching you all is great motivation/inspiration though!










I really love Anne's Morning Glory Shawl, and since I think the yarn may be a bit heavier, this might work out well. I also have had a long standing fascination with the Frost Flowers stitch pattern as used in the Frost Flowers and Leaves pattern from A Gathering of Lace. I would want a rectangular shawl though, I think, so I may have to play a bit. And ultimately, what I do with it depends on the yardage that I end up with. I'm a very new spinner, so we will see!

The spinning on this has taken a bit of a backseat to some knitting I've had going on (though I am working on my first handspun/handknit project right now - socks, come on over & see if you like!), But I plan to finish up spinning the silk by the end of the week, and then the Merino Silk by the end of the month.

Here's and old, rather off-colored photo of the spinning sample - a bit underplied, I'm afraid.

Anyway, Hi! And thanks for letting me play along!!

-mel