Spring Spinning – The Cuttle Corner #27

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Welcome to the twenty-seventh edition of The Cuttle Corner. It’s been a while since I last checked in, but I’m back, and I have lots of Spring spinning and knitting to show you!

If you missed the previous Cuttle Corner, click here.

Now, let’s get cozy!

What’s Going On

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve gotten anything out on this blog. A big part of this is due to the whole family being sick for two weeks. It wasn’t anything particularly nasty, but it did not want to go away.

Not feeling well and trying to take care of sick kiddos has taken away most of my time and energy that I have left over for crafting and blogging. When I do find a bit of time, or a scrap of energy, I had a hard time concentrating or finding any motivation.

Now that we are all feeling better, I have so much going on! I’ve finished two knitting projects, and nearly finished a third. On top of that, I can’t seem to stop spinning all of my fiber.

What I’m Working On

Knitting

Finished Projects

I have finished two knitting projects since we last caught up. First, it should come as no surprise that I finished knitting the toe of the socks I’ve had on the needles for a while.

Both socks are done, ends woven in, and ready to wear. You may be able to tell I haven’t blocked these socks. They look fine when they are worn, so I don’t usually bother with sock blocking. Plus, I love a tight-fitting sock, so I don’t want to do anything to stretch them out

When I finished these socks, I wasn’t quite ready to pick up all the stitches on my cardigan. I needed a quick, easy project. Luckily, I had a cute ball of yarn in my stash that was just enough for a toddler hat.

This is a super simple hat. I didn’t even follow a pattern beyond estimating how many stitches to cast on. I don’t usually go for a pompom hat, but it seemed like the perfect embellishment in this case.

Kildalton Cardigan

With two other knitting projects finished, it was time to stop ignoring the Kildalton Cardigan that has been waiting for a collar for weeks.

I finally sat down and picked up the hundreds of stitches around the edge of the sweater and got it about halfway done. I’m not adding buttons to this, so I don’t even have to worry about buttonholes. It should be fairly fast to finish.

Spinning

When the weather starts to get warm, I want to spend as much time as possible spinning yarn. I think part of this instinct comes from wanting to treadle barefoot, but not wanting cold feet.

Whatever the reason, I’ve been spinning up a storm!

Plying

You might remember the Polwarth/Silk singles I spun from the fold a while back. They have been sitting on the bobbin for months.

Because of reasons I will get into shortly, I found myself in need of the bobbin the singles have been living on, so I went ahead and quickly chain plied it into yarn.

It turned into a delightfully soft yarn with about 130 yards.

New Fiber

In a moment of inspiration, I decided to go visit my LYS (that’s local yarn shop).

Did I need anything? No.

Did I have a project in mind? Also no.

Am I planning on going to Fiber Fusion NW in a couple of months and come home with a lot of fiber? Yes.

Did any of this stop me from buying new fiber? Of course not.

I fell in love with this absolutely gorgeous Merino fiber, which is the Petrichor colorway from Malabrigo. This will make a beautiful little toddler sweater once it is spun up.

To really show off the colors, I’m using the fractal spinning technique. I spun through 50 grams of fiber in one day!

I’m spinning this yarn on my Ladybug Spinning wheel, with a short forward draw.

Silk/Polwarth/Corriedale Blend

I’m still spinning through the second half of my Silk/Polwarth/Corriedale blend. The silk and polwarth is actually the same fiber that I chain plied, just mixed with the corriedale. I have one bobbin left to fill before plying the rest of the yarn.

After all of this Spring spinning, I will have a lot of yarn to wash!

Until next time, keep cuttle-ing!

What are you working on? I’d love to hear about your projects in the comments below!