It has been a great day so far. The weather is gorgeous! I am out and about in slacks, a T-shirt, and flip-flops and quite comfortable. Roger and I are puttering in the back yard. We also went to Annie's Annuals, a local nursery with a great native plant selection. Those are for the front yard.
When we got home, I learned that my Yarn Recipe is in the April edition of Yarnival! Yippee! It is hosted at Mega(K)nits this month. It looks like a good edition. I am so excited, I am telling you before I read it myself.
Two Surf or Not Two Surf
My apologies to William Shakespeare for the bad pun. Here is all of the Surf roving spun up. The second skein (at the top of the pile artfully displayed yarn) is slightly lighter weight than the original, but not enough to be an issue. I am satisfied. And, I have over 500 yards! Whoot!
Swatching begins tonight. I am thinking about a surf themed pattern. We shall see what the yarn has to say.
When I finished spinning Surf, the pink and yellow roving called to me. There is only 4 ounces of this colorway, so I am spinning it finer than Surf. Wensleydale is a very heavy wool an it never seems to have the kind of yardage that finer wools have for the same amount of wool. I am aiming for a true fingering weight.
And, as Lauren pointed out, it is in Project Spectrum colors for April and May (as is Surf). Thank you Lauren. Since I am always behind on these things; I really appreciate the reminder.
Here is half of it spun up (as always, you can click for a bigger picture). Posing the bobbin on the roving is inspired by a recent post by Margene. It is really nice to see the before and after together.
I am calling it Peach for now. Yes, I do suck at naming things. Please feel free to suggest a better name.
It's so cool to see the before and after of spinning. Surf is breathtaking! Nice spinning all around.
Posted by: margene | April 15, 2007 at 04:38 PM
Congratson being included in Yarnival - It's. a fascinating article, if only I could spin!
We've spent much of the day in the garden too, it's been really lovely here too.
Your "Peach" looks good enough to eat - like cotton candy or candy floss as we Brits call it - very pretty!
Posted by: Jacquie | April 15, 2007 at 04:54 PM
There is a stitch in Barbara Walker called "seaweed" and I think it would look awesome in surf. Your peach yarn also looks like pink lemonade to me. Both are refreshing and light for spring. Beautiful!
Posted by: LaurieM | April 15, 2007 at 06:18 PM
Oh that surf is beautiful! I can't wait to see what you make with it.
I like the peach too, and I like Laurie's suggestion of pink lemonade.
Posted by: Lisa | April 15, 2007 at 08:21 PM
LOVE the Surf!
Posted by: jessie | April 16, 2007 at 03:18 AM
Lovely stuff!
Posted by: AuntieAnn | April 16, 2007 at 08:26 AM
Congrats on being in Yarnival!
Love all the colours! Surf is gorgeous and the peach/pink lemonade looks good enough to eat. Yummy!
Posted by: Marina | April 16, 2007 at 01:58 PM
Both of those yarns are amazing! Peach is a good name but I see more green in that yarn that peaches have....I love naming things and it's reminding me of SOMETHING but I can't quite get the words to come. At any rate it's beautiful! It is very pink-lemonade-ish...
Posted by: Sheilah | April 19, 2007 at 12:58 AM