Wow, an entire week since my last post. Where has my head been? I hope everyone had a great long weekend. My week was filled with knitterly pursuits and a lot of project finishing. No startitis for me.

First things first. I finished my knit mannequin cover in my own handspun. This top down pattern was a slightly modified version of Year of the Goat’s top down sleeveless tunic. It was yummy to use my own handspun for this….Now as for keeping it clean during market season, we’ll see. I’m just hoping not to spill coffee on it at some point.

Next project off the needles was just playing with some handspun. I carded silk, silk noil, alpaca, BFL, merino and a bit of angelina and spun a low twist single so I could make this.

No pattern, just a straight feather and fan stitch. It was perfect for the handspun and I will be carding a lot more of these batts. Silk noil bits are the most wonderful spinning surprise.

My friend Kim was working on a great hat pattern that just intrigued me from Wooley WormHead. This slouchy beret also comes in a larger Rasta Version. I stopped here as I already feel there is too much hat going on. The handspun is a 2ply worsted weight merino in pinks and browns that I dyed and spun. I enjoyed the sideways construction and wrap stitches which made knit up in a flash.

And then there was spinning…..

The left is one pound of BFL in 4 skeins, single ply, thick and thin and the right is 200 grams and 384 yards, also BFL. I am in the middle of a pile of batts I carded…no, sorry all mine. I think they’ll keep me busy until the weekend. What has everyone else been working on?