What I made, by Sharon

I'm at a weird stage with my knitting. I've knit most of what I want / need. I'm enjoying some charity knitting, but I'm finding my craft energy is going into new things, things I'm not so familiar with. Tis weekend I've been processing the small amount of fleece I bought and washed last month .  I pulled out my drum carder, which I bought in 2011  and which I've barely used. It was living in my parents storage loft. I'd forgotten how much work it is to prepare fleece for spinning. It's not the drum carding that takes the time, it's the flicking and lock preparation. It is worth the effort to do it properly though. But it does make beautiful lofty batts, that will be  a pleasure to spin, once I get it all processed.  This weekend I also assembled the Dropcloth Samplers Christmas ornaments I've been embroidering. They have been a real pleasure to work on, and I felt very creative, choosing colours and stitches. Well, i feel clever now. There ...

This week Skip gave me another stunning, lovely fleece. This one has even better lock definition, with an amazing crimp and stunning dark dark drown colour. Today - just now - I bought a drum carder. Ron from Fancy Kitty had to make me my own listing, because of some issue with postage not being right, otherwise I would have bought it on Thursday. Its taken me a long time to make a decision to buy a drum carder, but once that decision was made I moved very fast. I'm so excited, being able to blend fibres and make batts is going to take this spinning thing to a whole new level. And long draw, here I come. I already have two jumpers I am planning to spin for, but I'm going to go finish the singles for my green Vinelle now.